每日英语（一）

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1. intensive
   adj. 加强的；集中的；透彻的；加强语气的
   power-intensive 功耗密集型
   energy-intensive 能源密集型
   knowledge-intensive 知识密集型

   …after several days and nights of intensive negotiations.
   …在几个日夜的集中谈判之后。
   There we received several weeks of intensive training.
   在那里我们受了几星期的集中训练。
   But if the CPU resource is saturated because of very intensive workload, then adding more worker threads would not improve the overall system throughput.
   但是如果 CPU 资源由于非常密集的工作负载而满负荷，则添加更多工作线程不 会改进总体系统吞吐量。
   As costs fall, local governments will find more intensive monitoring to be easily affordable.

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2. productive
   adj. 能生产的；生产的，生产性的；多产的；富有成效的
   可以用于表示人的工作效率高，一个事件（如谈判，讨论，会议，调查）的过程中或者结果能带来的成效多，少数情况还可以表示具有创造性的

   Training makes workers highly productive.
   培训使工人们生产力很高。
   Science and technology are part of the productive forces. 科学技术是生产力
   So you can’t have a productive argument with somebody if you don’t agree with them. 所以你无法和你不认同的人进行有效的争论
   Negotiations(谈判) become more productive when each party acknowledges that the other may have legitimate concerns.
   So the food environment can change and can change in productive ways and there are a lot of signs of this happening.

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3. primitive
   adj. 原始的，远古的；简单的，粗糙的**
   n. 原始人

   Primitive tribes lived by fishing, hunting and gathering.
   原始部落靠渔猎采集为生。

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4. decisive
   adj. 决定性的；果断的，坚定的
   可以指事物的性质，也可以指人的品格

   You need to understand and capitalize on the decisive moments of empowered customers now-or-never.
   This book treats only cases in which Americans played the decisive role in deposing a regime.
   “I’ll call for you at ten,” she said decisively.
   “我10点来接你，”她果断地说。
   The advantage of this is that they can make decisive and effective executives – up to a point.
   这样做的好处是，他们能成为果断和有效的管理者——在一定程度上是的。

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5. prevail
   vi. 盛行，流行；战胜，获胜
   prevail over 胜过

Rick still believes that justice will prevail.
里克仍然相信正义会占上风。
A similar situation prevails in Canada.
同样的情况在加拿大也普遍存在。
A company’s rights cannot prevail over a person’s dignity.
公司的权利不能凌驾于个尊严之上。

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6. prevalent
   adj. 流行的；普遍的，广传的
   写作中用来替代popular也很不错噢

Smoking is becoming increasingly prevalent among younger women.
吸烟在年轻女性中正变得越来越盛行。

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7. The vast majority of people in our world…
   写作中用来表述“大多数人”，别再用most people啦！
   于此类似的，表述“少数人”可以用:
   A minority of people in our world…

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8. distinct
   adj. 不同的，有区别的，明显的，清楚的
   可以用来替代 different,clear

rural areas, as distinct from major cities. 完全不同于大城市的农村地区
His voice was quiet but every word was distinct. 他说话声音不大，但字字清晰
The results of the survey fell into two distinct groups. 调查结果分为截然不同的两组。

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9. Not infrequently, … 用在写作中，表达某种情况并不是很罕见（注意逻辑上not infrequently ≠ frequently）

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10. decline
    n.（数量、价值、质量等的）减少，下降，衰落，衰退
    v.减少；下降；衰弱；衰退 ;谢绝；婉言拒绝

Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s. 英国工业自20世纪70年代以来一直在走下坡路。
An increase in cars has resulted in the decline of public transport. 汽车的增加导致了公共交通的减少。

用在写作中表示某个事物的趋势在衰退，也很不错。

Support for the party continues to decline. 对该党的支持继续下降。
The number of tourists to the resort declined by 10% last year. 去年到这个胜地旅游的人数减少了10%。
Her health was declining rapidly. 她的健康状况迅速恶化。

I offered to give them a lift but they declined. 我主动邀请他们搭车，但他们婉言谢绝了。

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