2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（二十一）_第4页

　　§ imitator

　　§ 模仿者, 模拟器

　　§ Suffice it to say, you won't find many original ideas here, and when a successful idea comes from either company, an imitator just as quickly appears from the other.

　　§ original

　　§ initial

　　§ 起初的

　　§ As with the original form, however, there’s a performance issue if you have to perform ninelookups to retrieve each of the nine virtualized fields.

　　§ derivative

　　§ 派生的

　　§ One way to think about this intuitively if the derivative is very large the function is changingquickly, and therefore we want to take small steps.

　　§ novelty

　　§ innovation

　　§ 新颖, 新奇的事物

　　§ We're still in transition and the transition will take many years, but I believe fundraising with social media tools will not just be a niche source of income or novelty.

　　§ debt

　　§ 债务

　　§ This gave the initiative to the Republicans, who now say, plausibly, that without theirbrinkmanship there would still have been no start on bringing the debt under control.

　　§ philosophy

　　§ 哲学

　　§ His passion stems not only from the loss of his father, but also from his own philosophy.

　　§ consciously

　　§ intentionally

　　§ 有意识地

　　§ The term refers to the habit we all have of thinking — consciously or not —that once something has had contact with another thing, their parts are in some way joined.

　　§ successor

　　§ descendant

　　§ 后继者

　　§ If the prototype succeeds in flying through the night then the design of its successor will be finalised.

　　§ absolutely

　　§ 绝对地

　　§ This must be kept absolutely secret.; This is strictly confidential.

　　§ speculative

　　§ hypothetical

　　§ 假设的

　　§ But now suppose we approach the question from a -I don't say from an empirical point of viewbut from a speculative anthropological point of view.

　　§ virtually

　　§ practically

　　§ 实际上地

　　§ I hated to give up Dick Morris, but by then he had become so involved with Republicancandidates and officeholders that he was compromised in the eyes of virtually all Democrats.

　　§ project

　　§ 计划

　　§ However, this will replace all of your work in this project, so backup anything you want to keep.

　　§ sphere

　　§ realm

　　§ 范围

　　§ Both were essential and neither was superior to the other; they were not in conflict but complementary, each with its own sphere of competence.

　　§ tension

　　§ strain

　　§ 张力

　　§ She was in her element. When she sensed tension between us, she ran from one to the other toassure us that we were good and she loved us.

　　§ literary

　　§ fictional

　　§ 文学的, 书面的

　　§ Imagine what it is like to have as your first job out of college working for the publisher of two of your literary heroes.

　　§ sensibilities

　　§ 敏感性

　　§ NY attempt to put an economic value on fresh air, clean water or tropical rainforests can offendthe delicate sensibilities of those who argue that the conservation of nature is a moral duty.

　　§ caliber

　　§ 水准

　　§ Also, the further an executive rises, the more he or she must deal with high-caliber people whoknow how to get what they want, are difficult, strong-willed and have a sharp appetite for power.