每日英语（二）

1. with regard to
   关于，至于，对于
   在写作中代替about

   Identify valuable content – Locate and evaluate the value of particular information content with regard to long-term storage.
   确定有价值的内容——确定和评估特定信息内容的关于长期存储的价值。

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2. correlate
   vi. 关联 vt. 使有相互关系；互相有关系
   correlate with

   The figures do not seem to correlate. 这些数字似乎毫不相干
   A high-fat diet correlates with a greater risk of heart disease. 高脂肪饮食与增加心脏病发作的风险密切相关。

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3. correlation
   n. [数] 相关，关联；相互关系,相关性

   In this article, they talked about the correlation of consumption around the world. 在这篇文章中，他们讨论了世界范围内的消费相关性。
   But the correlation only held in males.
   不过，这种相关性只存在于男人中。

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4. instinctive
   adj. 本能的；直觉的；天生的

   My instinctive reaction was to deny everything. 我的本能反应是否认一切。
   She’s an instinctive player. 她是个天生的运动员。
   He knew instinctively that something was wrong. 他凭直觉知道出事了

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5. equivalent
   adj. （在价值、数量等方面）相等的；等价的；等效的；等量的；同意义的
   n. 对等的人（或事物）；当量
   be equivalent to

   Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles. 八公里约等于五英里。
   Otherwise, they are equivalent. 否则，二者是等效的。

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6. analogous
   adj. 类似的；[昆] 同功的；可比拟的
   be analogous to
   在写作中替代similar

   Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death. 人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
   In the Middle East and North Africa, nothing analogous occurred.
   但在中东和北非，并没有发生类似的变化。

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7. grapple
   vi. 抓住；格斗；抓斗机
   vt. 抓住；与…格斗
   逻辑上的抓住，抓住要点，抓住重点，而与...格斗的意思可以用来表示解决问题，克服困难，可以代替solve , work之类的简单词
   grapple with sth 努力设法解决

   I was grappling to find an answer to his question. 我正在努力解决他的问题
   Many investigators had grapple with the problem, usually with poor results.
   许多研究人员曾设法解决这个问题，但是往往没有得到好的结果
   As for himslef, he was too tired to grapple fundamentally with the fact,
   对于他自己来说，他太累了，根本不想去考虑问题的实质
   They managed to grapple him to the ground. 他们终于把他摔倒在地。

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8. tremendous
   adj. 极大的，巨大的；惊人的；极好的
   代替big, large，great

   A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.
   大量的工作已投入到这项工程。

   I thought it was abolutely tremendous. 我认为它精彩极了
   It was a tremendous experience. 这是个了不起的经历。
   Tremendous changes have taken place here. 这里发生了巨大的变化。

   tremendously adv. 非常地；可怕地；惊人地

   They were tremendously reliable.
   他们是非常可靠的。
   Michelle is a tremendously strong person, and has a very strong sense of herself and who she is and where she comes from.
   米歇尔是一个非常坚强的人，具有非常强烈的自觉意识，很清楚她是什么样的人，从哪里来。

9. for the sake of
   为了
   代替for,in order to

   Furthermore, their marriages and their procreations will be, he tells us, for the sake of the city.
   更甚之，他们的婚姻与繁殖后代将会是，如他所说的只是为了这座城市。

10. hypothetical adj.假设的；假定的

    I wasn’t asking about anybody in particular—it was a purely hypothetical question. 我并没有问到具体某个人—那不过是个纯粹假设性的问题。
    After all, we have no clue about the nature of these hypothetical aliens, why assume they’re friendly?
    毕竟，我们对这些假设的外星人的本性毫不了解，为什么要假设他们是友好的呢？