英语单词二

2:regent

n.摄政王；摄政者

When the king left on the Second Crusade（十字军东征），he appointed Suger as regent and left him in charge of the government.

当国王在第二次十字军东征中离开时，他任命苏格为摄政王并让他掌握政府。

3：burgeon v.迅速成长；萌芽，发芽

To serve the burgeoning tourist industry，an array of professionals has emerged

为了满足日益繁荣的旅游业的发展需求，已经出现了一大批专业人员。

4：argue

搭配：argue sb. into/out of doing  说服某人做/不做某事

      argue for赞成；要求；argue about 议论 argue over辩论/争论

5：barely adv.

勉强才能；

Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital.

阿纳斯塔西娅只勉强记得被送到了医院。

几乎不，几乎没有；

It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room.

气温是90度，空调几乎没有使房间凉快下来。

Rainfall barely penetrates（v 刺入，穿透） the soil in this area.

在该地区，降雨很少渗入土壤。

刚刚；

The water had barely come to a simmer(v.炖,n.小沸) when she cracked（v.破裂） four eggs into it.

水刚开，她就打了4个鸡蛋进去。

仅仅，只有；

Barely 50% of the population voted.

仅有50%的人投票。

贫乏地，光秃地；

I went to their barely furnished house last week.

我上周去了他们那陈设简陋的房子。

6：methane n.甲烷，沼气

7：hierarchy n.

等级制度

Like most other American companies with a rigid hierarchy，workers and managers had strictly defined duties.

像大多数其他等级制度森严的美国公司一样，工人和管理人员都有严格界定的职责。

等级

It is likely that all uniforms make symbolic sense，namely，denoting a hierarchy.

很可能所有的制服都具有象征意义，即体现了穿衣人的等级

8：roll film 胶卷

At the end of 1889 Eastman launched a new roll film on a celluloid base.

1889年底，伊斯门在赛璐珞胶片的基础上研制了一种新型胶卷

9：consortium n.集团；财团

A consortium plans to build a natural-gas pipeline（n.输送管道） from Russia to supply eastern Germany.

一家财团计划修建一条从俄罗斯向的德国东部供应天然气的管道。