时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文词汇


英语课

 1. panic /ˈpænik/


-- unreasoning, sudden fright that grips a multitude
Pan是恐慌之神。潘(Pan),是希腊神话里的牧神,牧神潘是众神传信者赫耳墨斯的儿子,而名字的原意是一切。掌管树林、田地和羊群的神,有人的躯干和头,山羊的腿、角和耳朵。他的外表后来成了中世纪欧洲恶魔的原形。喜欢吹排笛,因为排笛能催眠。潘生性好色,经常藏匿在树丛之中,等待美女经过,然后上前求爱。在古希腊神话中,半人半兽的潘是创造力、音乐、诗歌与性爱的象征,同时也是恐慌与噩梦的标志。潘同时也是摩羯座的守护神。
A panic ensued when someone in the crowded audiorium yelled "Fire!"
当有人在拥挤的礼堂中大喊“着火了!”时,一阵慌乱随之产生。
 
 
2. philippic /fɪˈlɪpɪk/
-- bitter denunciation
Philippics是狄摩西尼斯所发表的攻击马其顿菲利普王的议案。狄摩西尼斯是古希腊著名的演说家,民主派政治家。他极力反对马其顿入侵希腊,发表《斥腓力》(Philippics)等演说,谴责马其顿王腓力二世的扩张野心。喀罗尼亚战役后亡命海外,公元前323年返回雅典组织反马其顿运动,失败后自杀。
In an hour-long philippic, the legislator denounced the lobbyists opposing his bill.
在一小时的抨击性演说中,立法者抨击那些反对他的议案的游说者。
 
 
3. plutocratic 1 /ˌplu:təuˈkrætik/
-- having great influence because of one's wealth
Plutus是财富之神。普图鲁斯(Plutus),古希腊神话男性神祇之一,为财富之神。其名常与罗马神话中的冥王普路托(Pluto)相互混淆。
A handful of plutocratic investors 2, each owning more than a thousand shares, determined 3 the policies of the corporation.
少数有钱的投资者决定着公司的政策方针,他们每个人都拥有超过1,000股的股份。

adj.富豪的,有钱的
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
学英语单词
adianton
airborne particle counter
aminoethanesulphonic
ammonium-Mica
barley-bread
belt speed
black short
buckhout
butyl-alcohol-acetone fermentation
C-element
collutories
continuous heavy rain
cow elephant
cranesbill
developmental biology of prokaryotes
discommenders
dryness pathogen
echomatism
electrocrystallization
electrolytic casting
energy retention
energy-insensitive detector
equinoxials
familial paroxysmal multiple serositis
Faxaflói
fluxgate compass
foramen arteriae vertebratis
Heitersheim
highline trolley
homesexuality
humphed
impartener
indefinite reversal
inebriating
inversion (of sugar)
kinetics of coal gasification
King's colour
kowtowers
lawanda
lipbrushes
liquation hearth
maximum clearance
medical response
nanoaperture
nonright
nuclear phenotype
oesophageal region(or oesophageal part)
one's bounden duty
over-the-topness
overland transport
oxidized spot
Oxyria
parthenolatry
party identification
peasant rent
pharyngobranchial (or suprabranchial)
Phetylureum
phrenic ganglia
physiological dead space
pivots
pleopoda
porcelaneous test
positive rise
pressurized reservoir
processus oticus internus hyomandib.
qualified adoption
quank
rabbitings
re-reference
Replicating portfolio
retinospora
Rodoya
Sapotaceae
screw waggon unloader
seal strip
seasonal effect
segment die
shaker hearth electric furnace
skACT
solid insulating material
special crossed check
stress-optical law
studenberg
succinaldehyde
table setting
taking it easy
TDCA
tectonostratigraphic
three ply
toothpastes
transfer pump piston
transverse effect
tridentiger
tropical abscess
tugai landscape
upcastshaft
valeroside
vertical face plate
vestigital
Wang's test
waste land
whouh