托福詞匯記憶：夏威夷植物的到來

　　Blazing 強烈的;炫目的

　　The blazing sun beats down in summer. 夏日驕陽似火。(beat down太陽直射)

　　She has been the ruling belle- the blazing star. 她是首屈一指的美人，一顆璀璨的明星。(belle美女)

　　Drenching 濕透

　　He gave it a good drenching. 他把它弄濕透了。

　　Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything. 如果沒有一場透地雨，森林大火將燒盡一切。(char燒焦)

　　Harsh 粗糙的;嚴厲的

　　Jack himself has a harsh face. 杰克本人長著張粗糙的臉。

　　The punishment was too harsh for him. 這個懲罰對他來說太嚴厲了。

　　Moisture 濕氣;潮氣

　　Amounts of moisture in soil vary greatly. 土壤中濕度變化很大。

　　Excessive moisture can damage wood. 濕度太高可能損壞木頭。

　　Mineral 礦物;礦物質(zhì)

　　Coal is a mineral.煤是一種礦物。

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　　This shop sells mineral water. 這家商店賣礦泉水。

　　Nourish 養(yǎng)育;滋養(yǎng);培育

　　They needed good food to nourish their bodies. 他們需要好食品滋養(yǎng)身體。

　　The school’s goal is to nourish young musical talent. 這個學(xué)校的目標是培育年輕的音樂人才。

　　Decomposition 腐爛

　　Warmer weather meant the decomposition of the corpse. 天氣變暖會使身體腐爛。

　　This type of thermal decomposition is called pyrolysis. 這種類型的熱分解反應(yīng)稱做熱解。(pyrolysis高溫分解)

　　Bowels 內(nèi)部;腸;內(nèi)臟

　　The sorrow is so deep that it seems to have cut the bowels to pieces. 愁腸寸斷。

　　The cabins were in the bowels of the ship. 客艙在船的內(nèi)部。(bowel內(nèi)部)

　　Crevice 裂口

　　Some grass grow in the crevice of the stone wall. 有些草從石墻的裂縫中長出來。

　　The earth heaved and surged, and instantly a large crevice split open. 地面一陣晃動，瞬即裂開一條大縫。

　　Propagate 繁殖

　　Most plants propagate by seed. 大多數(shù)植物靠種子繁殖。

　　Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs. 昆蟲以產(chǎn)卵繁殖后代。

　　Majority 大多數(shù)

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　　The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio. 多數(shù)人喜歡電視勝過廣播。

　　The majority was determined to press its proposal. 多數(shù)派決心強求通過其提案。(press逼迫)

　　Concentrated 集中的

　　He made a concentrated effort to finish the work on time. 他全力以赴以按時完成這項工作。