2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（十四）_第3页

　　§ continental shelf

　　§ 大陆架

　　§ The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea allows states to extend their limits beyond 200 miles if they can show that the continental shelf beyond their coastline extends that far.

　　§ sloping

　　§ 倾斜的

　　§ hey lived on a sloping street where the houses press against one another, side by side, like children in a line holding hands.

　　§ justify

　　§ 证明... 正当

　　§ If you observe your own behavior non-judgmentally, but with the constant desire to improve, you will get much farther than if you berate yourself, or excuse or justify your shortcomings.

　　§ extraction

　　§ 抽出

　　§ If you do not specify anything for this clause, audit records from all databases in the instance are eligible for extraction.

　　§ landslide

　　§ 山崩

　　§ Silt turbidite (landslide) layers on the deep sea floor far off the coast from underwater landslides, likely caused by strong seismic shaking.

　　§ oil spills

　　§ 漏油

　　§ Oil spills occur in the North Sea at the rate of about one a week, but most are not serious.

　　§ collision

　　§ 碰撞

　　§ This approach solves the problem of packet collision but also prevents the attached devices from establishing direct communication with each other.

　　§ oil slick

　　§ 浮油

　　§ Wednesday saw a US Coast Guard crew set fire to part of the oil slick in an attempt to save environmentally sensitive wetlands.

　　§ foul

　　§ 弄脏

　　§ Clean

　　§ If a contestant injures himself while attempting to foul his opponent, the referee will not take any action in his favor.

　　§ subside

　　§ decline

　　§ 下沉

　　§ Rise

　　§ Once the excitement, the motivation and the initial momentum subside (and they will), what will keep you doing what you need to do, to create the change you want to see in your world?

　　§ barrier

　　§ 屏障

　　§ If you have been avoiding the decision making process, why not break through thatbarrier right here and now?

　　§ refine

　　§ 提炼

　　§ And each successive iteration builds on the work of previous iterations to evolve andrefine the system until the final product is complete.

　　§ adverse

　　§ harmful

　　§ 不利的, 有害的

　　§ Favorable

　　§ Currently, discrimination because of sex is defined as adverse action against another person, which would not have occurred had the person been of another sex.