2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（二十）_第3页

　　§ strait

　　§ 海峡

　　§ We will transit the strait at night.

　　§ evaporation

　　§ 蒸发

　　§ There has not been much change in rainfall in those areas but the temperature has risen byover 1 degree Centigrade since 1970, which will have enhanced losses due to evaporation.

　　§ dense

　　§ thick

　　§ 稠密的

　　§ They don't like dense forest either, so they traverse these high, open shoulders between theriver and the woods, where they can see and run.

　　§ sulfate

　　§ 硫酸盐

　　§ Cellulose sulfate was one of four compounds being evaluated in large-scale studies of effectiveness among women at high risk of HIV infection.

　　§ precipitate

　　§ 沉淀, 降水

　　§ Lloyd George suspected that the French were trying to precipitate the disintegration of Germany by sponsoring a break-away Rhineland state (as indeed they were).

　　§ overlying

　　§ covering

　　§ 上层覆盖的

　　§ This leads to a honeycomb of cavities that eventually collapse due to the weight of the overlying rock layers, leaving the irregular mounds standing.

　　§ crustal

　　§ 地壳的

　　§ Iceland is geology in action. A one-hour flight from Reykjavik skims over steaming geothermal areas, the great crustal rift and some of the country's most famous volcanoes.

　　§ adjustment

　　§ alteration modification

　　§ 调整, 调节

　　§ You might not achieve all of your objectives in a single negotiation, but over time opportunities for adjustment and renegotiation might arise.

　　§ cascade

　　§ pour

　　§ 倾泻

　　§ In our house, at the time, a cascade of musical emotion was gushing forth day after day, hourafter hour, its scattered spray reflecting into our being a whole gamut of rainbow colours.

　　§ turbulent

　　§ unstable

　　§ 动乱的, 不稳定的

　　§ Settled

　　§ In these turbulent times, we can provide services ranging from subsidized loans to expert advisors willing to perform an emergency overhaul of your entire government.

　　§ accumulate

　　§ mount up pile up

　　§ 累计

　　§ 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.

　　§ gravel

　　§ pebble

　　§ 小石块, 碎石块

　　§ Through this door one does not find an entrance, but rather another wall, blank, but carved this time, bordered by a white gravel path.

　　§ abundant

　　§ plentiful

　　§ 充足的

　　§ But as Solomon and colleagues suggest in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it is not true for the most abundant greenhouse gas: carbon dioxide.

　　§ extermination

　　§ extinction

　　§ 灭绝

　　§ He added the president could also face five counts of crimes against humanity, including murder, extermination, forcible transfer of the population, torture and rape.