1.entrepreneur?[??ntr?pr??n?:(r)]????? n.企業(yè)家

He would not have succeeded in such a risky business if he had not been such a clever entrepreneur. 如果他不是那么聰明的企業(yè)家，他就不會在這么危險的生意中取得成功。

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2.investment?[?n?vestm?nt] n.投資

Invest投入?all one's efforts in passing an exam為考試及格而全力以赴

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3.intensely?[?n'tensl?] adv.強(qiáng)烈地; 極度

Intense強(qiáng)烈的?interest, anger, jealousy, 濃厚的興趣﹑ 盛怒﹑ 極端的忌妒

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4.competitive?[k?m?pet?t?v] adj.競爭的

The firm is no longer competitive in world markets. 我們公司在世界市場上已不占優(yōu)勢.

a shop offering?competitive prices 在價格上有競爭力的商店.

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5.?recruit?[r??kru:t] vt.招聘?recruitment n. ?????

recruit sb as an agent 招募某人為特工.

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6.various?[?ve?ri?s] adj.各種各樣的??=Several different types of ????????

for various reasons 由于種種原因????variety n.

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7.extraordinary?[?k?str?:dnri] adj.非凡的; 特別的

Their talents are quite extraordinary. 他們才華出眾.

extraordinary weather for the time of year 一年中某段時間的反常天氣

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8.publicize [?p?bl?sa?z] v.宣傳; 推廣?publicity ?n.宣傳

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9.emergency?[i?m?:d??nsi] n.緊急情況; 突發(fā)事件

state?of emergency 緊急狀態(tài)

the emergency exit?緊急出口

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10.maintain?[me?n?te?n] vt.保持

enough food to maintain one'sstrength 足以維持體力的食物

maintain?the roads, a house, a car, etc 保養(yǎng)check and repair道路﹑ 房子﹑ 汽車等

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11.pollutant?[p?'lu:t?nt] n.污染物質(zhì)pollute v. ???pollution n.

chemical/industrial pollutants 化學(xué)/工業(yè)污染物

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12.extinction[?k?st??k?n] n.滅絕???extinct?adj.=endangered瀕危的

We may live to see the extinction of the whale. 人類或許能親眼見到鯨的滅絕.

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13.survive?[s??va?v] vi.幸存=continue to live

Of the six people in the plane that crashed, only one survived. 在失事飛機(jī)上的六個人, 僅一人幸存.

survive an earthquake 經(jīng)歷地震死里逃生

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14.continent?[?k?nt?n?nt] n.大陸，陸地

continental breakfast ?歐式早餐

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15.migrate?[ma??gre?t] vi.遷移

These birds migrate to North Africa in winter. 這些鳥冬天遷徙到北非.

Migrant移居的?workers 流動工人

Emigrant移民

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16.symptom?[?s?mpt?m] n.癥狀

Common symptoms of diabetes?are weight loss and fatigue. 糖尿病的常見癥狀是消瘦和疲勞。

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17.exaggerate [?g?z?d??re?t] v.夸張exaggeration n.

They are exaggerating the difficulties. 他們把困難夸大了.

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18.compensation?[?k?mpen?se??n] n.補(bǔ)償，賠償demand compensation

My job is hard, but it has its compensations, ie pleasant aspects that make it seem less bad. 我的工作雖苦, 但也有所補(bǔ)償。

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19.ultimately?[??lt?m?tli] dv. ?最后，最終

同義替換：finally

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20. deteriorate?[d??t??ri?re?t] vt.使惡化

=become worse

a deterioration?in superpower relations 超級大國之間關(guān)系的惡化.