2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（九）_第4页

　　§ shaft

　　§ 杆(矛)

　　§ The lathe turns off a shaft in just one minute.

　　§ spear

　　§ 矛

　　§ And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.

　　§ anthropologist

　　§ 人类学家

　　§ Fisher, a biological anthropologist, says she wrote her latest book because she wanted to uncover the science behind “why you love who you love and perhaps even help people find the one”.

　　§ interpretation

　　§ 解释, 说明

　　§ I disagree somewhat with their exact classification of what each of them means, so I will substitute my own interpretation for some.

　　§ engraving

　　§ carving

　　§ 雕刻

　　§ About a year ago I picked up a small bench-top CNC machine for making circuit boards and electronics enclosures. Configured correctly though, it can also do simpleengraving.

　　§ notation

　　§ symbol

　　§ 记号

　　§ We made sure the customer fully understood the diagramming notation and the contents of each diagram, since their review and approval was critical.

　　§ phases

　　§ 位相(月亮、行星的)

　　§ To reduce your frustration with this process, it helps to know the six phases people go through whenever they are experiencing any type of change, be it personal or professional.

　　§ consciously

　　§ 有意识地

　　§ Unconsciously

　　§ 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.

　　§ figurine

　　§ 小雕像

　　§ This recycled fair trade plastic bag chicken figurine is handcrafted by disadvantaged crafters in the townships near Cape Town, South Africa, and produced exclusively for Wow!

　　§ exaggerate

　　§ 夸张

　　§ However, far too often we exaggerate its impact and indulge in fearmongering with imagery of devastation of biblical proportions.

　　§ fertility

　　§ 生育能力

　　§ The belief is that if the couple survives this torture, they will not only have abundantfertility, but that none of their children will die.