line [la?n]

n. 行，列；（思想或行動(dòng)的）步驟；方式，方法；路線；線路；（鐵道或公交）線路；行業(yè)，行當(dāng)；隊(duì)，隊(duì)伍；血統(tǒng)；家族；界線

v. 排隊(duì)；加襯，做里子。

形近詞：hardline, underline, ?decline, online, offline, coastline, dealine, incline, baseline, outline, lineage, pipeline, guideline

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The British royals “have most to fear”?because Charles ______ .

[A] takes a tough line on political issues

[B] fails to change his lifestyle as advised

[C] takes republicans as his potential allies

[D] fails to adapt himself to his future role

解析：fail除了失敗，還翻譯為未能做到

英國(guó)皇室“感到擔(dān)憂”因?yàn)椴闋査筥_______.

[A] 在政治問(wèn)題上走強(qiáng)硬路線

[B] 未能做到根據(jù)建議改變他的生活方式

[C] 將共和黨作為他的潛在同盟

[D] 未能讓他自己適應(yīng)他的未來(lái)角色

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hardline [?hɑ?(r)d?la?n] adj. 強(qiáng)硬的

In Wisconsin the unions have rallied thousands of supporters against Scott Walker the hardline Republican governor.

解析：rally前面就出現(xiàn)過(guò)，召集。句子中出現(xiàn)了同位語(yǔ)——名詞做名詞的同位語(yǔ)來(lái)修飾名詞，the hardline Republican governor是Scott Walker的同位語(yǔ)，用來(lái)修飾Scott Walker的。

翻譯：在威斯康辛州，工會(huì)召集了上千的支持者來(lái)反對(duì)強(qiáng)硬的共和黨州長(zhǎng)Scott Walker。

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underline [??nd?r?la?n] v. 在...下劃線；強(qiáng)調(diào)；突出

The underlined phrase “these people”?in Paragraph 4 refers to the ones who ______.

翻譯：第四段劃線的“這些人”指的是那些_______?的人。

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decline [d??kla?n] v./n. 下降；減少；衰退；謝絕；拒絕

Look up Homo saptens?in the “Red List”?of threatened species of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and you will read: “Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed, adaptable, currently increasing, and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline”.

解析：look up查找，Homo Saptens智人?！癛ed List”紅色目錄，“threatened species”瀕危物種，conservation保持，保護(hù)；

翻譯：查看國(guó)際自然保護(hù)組織（IUCN）的瀕危物種的“紅色目錄”的智人，你會(huì)讀到“被列為無(wú)危是因?yàn)樵撐锓N分布廣泛，適應(yīng)性強(qiáng)，當(dāng)前正在增加，沒有導(dǎo)致總體數(shù)量下降的主要威脅”。

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online [?ɑ?n?la?n] adj. 在線的

Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV，register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit —— and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

解析：CV這里指的是簡(jiǎn)歷，工作履歷，curriculum vitae的簡(jiǎn)寫。eligible有資格的，合適的。benefit利益，這里指救濟(jì)金。fortnightly可作名詞雙周刊，也可作形容詞兩周一次的。句子中的will they be，表示才會(huì)。

翻譯：只有沒有工作的人帶著簡(jiǎn)歷到工作中心，注冊(cè)在線工作調(diào)查，并開始找工作，他們才能有資格領(lǐng)救濟(jì)金——并且他們應(yīng)當(dāng)每周報(bào)告一次而不是兩周一次。

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offline [???f?la?n] adj. 離線的

For offline orders, call this number.

對(duì)于離線訂單，打這個(gè)號(hào)碼。

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coastline [?ko?stla?n] n. 海岸線

To protect coastline from oil spillage.

保護(hù)海岸線不受石油泄露。spill溢出，所以，spillage泄露。

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deadline [?dedla?n] n. 最后期限；截止時(shí)間?

Assign responsibilities?around the house and make sure homework deadlines are met.

參考譯文：給他們分配一些家務(wù)活，并確保他們能按時(shí)完成家庭作業(yè)。

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incline [?n?kla?n] v. 傾斜；傾向；易于

I incline to the view that we should take no action at this stage.

我傾向于這個(gè)階段我們應(yīng)該什么都不做。

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baseline [?be?sla?n] n. 基線；基準(zhǔn)

The figures for 2001 were used as a baseline for the study.

這項(xiàng)研究以2001年的數(shù)據(jù)為準(zhǔn)。

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airline [?erla?n] n. 航線；航空公司

international airlines?國(guó)際航空公司

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outline [?a?tla?n] n. 輪廓；大綱；概要；略圖；

Be flexible. Your outline should smoothly conduct you from one point to the next, but do not permit it to railroad you. If a relevant and important idea occurs to you now, work it into the draft.

解析：smoothly除了順滑的，還有順利的意思。conduct可作名詞行為，舉止，實(shí)施方法，也可作動(dòng)詞實(shí)施，組織，引導(dǎo)。railroad可作名詞鐵路公司和鐵路，還可作動(dòng)詞迫使...倉(cāng)促行事，強(qiáng)迫...做某事。draft草稿、方案。

翻譯：放輕松，你的大綱應(yīng)該順利的指導(dǎo)你從一個(gè)點(diǎn)到下一個(gè)，但是不要允許它（大綱）強(qiáng)迫你。如果一個(gè)相關(guān)并且重要的點(diǎn)子現(xiàn)在出現(xiàn)在你的腦子里，將它變成方案。