第一段

pet

a?theory,?subject,?hate, etc. that is?special?and?important?to you 特別喜愛的理論／話題／特別討厭的事物（等等）

Football is one of her pet?hates.

足球是她最討厭的東西之一。

第二段

syllabus?plural?syllabuses?or?syllabi

(a plan showing) the subjects or books to be studied in a particular course, especially a course that leads to an exam 教學(xué)大綱，課程大綱

Which?novels?are?on?the syllabus this?year?

今年的課程大綱里列了哪些小說?

box ticking

the?fact?of doing something just because there is a?rule?that says that you must do it?逐項(xiàng)核查，打勾

A lot of what the?care?home?inspectors?do is?simply?box?ticking.

老人院的檢查員所做的很多事情都是簡單的逐項(xiàng)打勾而已。

第四段

binary

consisting of two?parts?雙的；由兩部分組成的

resourcefulness?(formal?resource)

the?ability?to make?decisions?and?act?on?your?own?機(jī)敏；足智多謀This?film?reveals?their?resourcefulness?in?overcoming?appalling?weather?and?treacherous?terrain.

這部電影表現(xiàn)了他們在戰(zhàn)勝極端惡劣天氣、走出險(xiǎn)峻地帶方面的足智多謀。

第五段

relegate

to put someone or something into a?lower?or less?important?rank?or?position?貶職；使降級；降低…的地位

She?resigned?when she was relegated?to?a?desk?job.

因被降職做文書，她就辭了職。

第七段

foregoing

involving?what has just been?mentioned?or?described?前述內(nèi)容的

The foregoing?account?was written 50?years?after the?incident.

上述記載是在事件發(fā)生50年后寫成的。

第八段

divergence

the?situation?in which two things?become?different?差異；分歧

The divergence?between?the?incomes?of the?rich?and the?poor?countries?seems?to be?increasing.

富國與窮國之間的收入差距似乎正在拉大。

第九段

round sth off

to?complete?an?event?or?activity?in a?pleasant?or?satisfactory?way?圓滿完成，圓滿結(jié)束

To round off her?education, her?father?sent?her to a?Swiss?finishing?school.

為了讓她圓滿完成學(xué)業(yè)，父親把她送進(jìn)了瑞士的一所女子精修學(xué)校。

第十段

kit

a set of?parts?sold?ready?to be put together?配套組件（供購買者裝配成件）

He's making a?model?car?from a kit.

他在用成套組件組裝汽車模型

trinity

a?group?of three things or?people?三件套；三人一組；三合一Modern?culture?now?appears?to?revolve?around the?unholy?trinity of?sport,?shopping, and?sex.當(dāng)代文化現(xiàn)在似乎是以體育、購物和性這三樣世俗活動(dòng)為中心。