2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（七）_第4页

　　§ inhabit

　　§ settle

　　§ 居住

　　§ This clustering makes each of us more productive, which in turn makes the place weinhabit even more so—and our collective creativity and economic wealth grow accordingly.

　　§ sandstone

　　§ 砂岩

　　§ David Walker, head of the Nottingham Caves Survey, surveys the base of Castle Rock, a large sandstone outcrop in the heart of the city.

　　§ accumulate

　　§ 累积, 聚集

　　§ Scatter

　　§ It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common factors which underlie and account for the facts that he knows.

　　§ estimate

　　§ evaluation

　　§ 估计

　　§ The approach does not produce a detailed estimate but it does provide an accurate enough guess to compare projects or to decide whether to start a project.

　　§ minimal

　　§ 最低的

　　§ Maximal

　　§ These features enable you to migrate SQL scripts from other database server products to DB2, either as is, or with minimal modifications.

　　§ amount to

　　§ add up to

　　§ 总计, 合计

　　§ If disposal continues at this rate, it will amount to more than five pounds for every man, woman and child per year.

　　§ drill

　　§ 钻(孔)

　　§ Either the user can select them manually on report execution or another report can add them through drill-through definitions.

　　§ drought

　　§ dryness

　　§ 干旱

　　§ Moist

　　§ People in Somalia are particularly hard hit as they try to survive the twin disasters of conflict and drought.

　　§ ensuing

　　§ 接连发生的

　　§ In the ensuing months, the wolves continued to have daily social contact with humans and five adult dogs of various breeds, with which they developed close relationships.

　　§ irrigation

　　§ 灌溉

　　§ In the United States, by contrast, 41% goes for agriculture, almost all of it forirrigation.

　　§ tap

　　§ 在……钻井

　　§ But when I work for others’benefit and turn off WIIFM for a while (What’s In It For Me?), I tap into thedeep wells of happiness that are already inside me.

　　§ device

　　§ equipment

　　§ 装置, 设备

　　§ Another interesting work looked to me for all the world like a security device or a utilitarian part of the museum itself.

　　§ spray

　　§ 喷射

　　§ The experiment will not spray anything other than tapwater into the air, so it is not a test of geoengineering, since it will not have any effect on the climate or the weather.