2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（二十四）_第4页

　　§ calculation

　　§ computation

　　§ 计算

　　§ To make the calculation, you simply subtract what you owe (your liabilities) from what you own(your assets).

　　§ hypothesize

　　§ assume, theorize

　　§ 假设

　　§ They’re different from the politics of earthquakes or hurricanes or cyclones, or so I would hypothesize if I could start life over as a doctoral candidate in political science.

　　§ asteroid

　　§ (天)小行星

　　§ Moving on through the asteroid belt we enter the realms of the gas giant planets: Jupiter,Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, all of which dwarf the Earth.

　　§ inhibit

　　§ hinder, hamper, restrain

　　§ 阻止, 限制

　　§ The ACM recommendations cite several challenges to computing education that inhibit studentsfrom experiencing the excitement and creativity of the discipline.

　　§ photosynthesis

　　§ 光合作用

　　§ As the ocean warms, it becomes more stratified, with the warmer water remaining at the topwhere the organisms need to be in order to do photosynthesis.

　　§ episode

　　§ chapter, incident

　　§ 事件

　　§ A couple of weeks ago, I watched a Sex and the City episode, in which Charlotte, in her never-ending quest to find true love, attends a seminar to teach her how to do just that.

　　§ disruption

　　§ disturbance

　　§ 打扰

　　§ Schuchard and colleagues worked out how to spread this disruption to the entire internet andsimulated its effects.

　　§ eradicate

　　§ eliminate

　　§ 灭绝

　　§ Introduce

　　§ As we know from recent history, any drive to eliminate or eradicate a disease must be accompanied by research as a prerequisite for success.

　　§ twisting

　　§ twisty

　　§ 扭曲的

　　§ Torture methods included suspending people by their wrists, beating the soles of the feet,electric shocks, twisting detainees' genitals and removing toe nails.

　　§ merge

　　§ blend, fuse

　　§ 合并

　　§ In this situation, you can either catch up the resource from the stream, release your version ofthe resource to the stream, or merge your work and the stream resource.

　　§ Resemblance

　　§ similarity, likeness

　　§ 相似

　　§ Among other things, "this story bears little resemblance to what actually happens in a recession, when every industry — not just the investment sector — normally contracts.

　　§ catastrophic

　　§ disastrous

　　§ 灾难性的

　　§ As an author, libraries are the place you go to meet your readers, the centre of their community,and to lose this service would be catastrophic.