每日英语（四）

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1. devise
   vt. 发明；设计；想出 n. 遗赠

   We devised a scheme to help him.
   我们想出了一个计划来帮助他。

   A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city. 控制城市交通的新系统已经设计出来。

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2. derive
   vt. 源于；得自；获得, 派生
   vi. 起源

   Mr. Ying is one of those happy people who derive pleasure from helping others.
   英先生是那种助人为乐的快活人。

   The name Anastasia is derived from a Greek word meaning “of the resurrection.”
   阿纳斯塔西娅这个名字是从一个意为“复活”的希腊词语衍生而来的。

   派生

   A virtual function is a member function that you expect to be redefined in derived classes. (摘自MSDN - Virtual Functions)
   虚函数是应在派生类中重新定义的成员函数

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3. parallel
   n. 平行线；对比
   vt. 使…与…平行
   adj. 平行的；类似的，相同的

   C came into being in the years 1969-1973, in parallel with the early development of the Unix operating system. ( Bell-Labs - C History)

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4. hierarchy
   n. 层级；等级制度

   the social/political hierarchy 社会╱政治等级制度

   a hierarchy of needs 不同层次的需要

   Another common attribute found in the design of most class hierarchies is that the derived class has a “kind of” relationship with the base class.
   (MSDN - Single Inheritance)在大多数类层次结构的设计中发现的另一个常见特性是，派生类与基类具有“某种”关系。

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5. go back on
   背离（诺言，协议等）

   The budget crisis has forced the president to go back on his word.
   预算危机已迫使该总统背离了自己的承诺。

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6. go through with
   将 (决定的事) 做了

   Richard pleaded for Belinda to reconsider and not to go through with the divorce.
   理查德恳求贝琳达重新考虑一下而不要坚持离婚。

   I had no choice but to go through with it.

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