1. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.
% ~& q/ I/ U: K/ J 骨头看起来是脆硬的,但它也有一定的弹性,使得骨骼能够承受相当的打击。
- P4 v2 i# m' a8 j) Y& D z 2. That xenon could not FORM chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.
5 l$ E0 f! {+ l& N9 w3 J0 | 科学家曾相信:氙气是不能形成化合物的。
5 D; r$ I( n. D% ~ ^ 3. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.
5 e. w7 X! b1 V 对风暴动力学的研究是为了提高风暴预测从而减少损失,避免人员伤亡。" N; q' } ^, v5 w
4. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed.+ k; |7 A2 V" B- v9 ]
消除通货膨胀应确保还贷的钱应与所贷款的价值相同。
: U n9 K% c' f+ q 5. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.
, R. H+ c7 Q, Y4 [7 t& j V, ]5 E 未来主义,二十世纪早期的一个艺术思潮。拒绝一切传统,试图通过强调机械和动态来美化生活。- ^* H- F8 U+ E6 v& x
6. One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States is the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected.
4 d% h8 z/ D! k X2 D, u Everglades 是美国境内最为荒凉和人迹罕至的地区之一,此处有大量的野生动植物而且大多受(law)保护。% X; D$ z- C/ Y
7. Lucretia Mott's influence was so significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States.
- w( D/ V6 L+ K# v% [" a3 D Lucretia Mott's 的影响巨大,所以一些权威部门认定她为美国女权运动的创始人。* c' z; F) ^ L! e0 r& R
8. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than those of the domestic marketer.2 l! O- }0 k( s0 a1 y C1 {
国际市场研究者的活动范围常常较国内市场研究者广阔。
' \! i: ^! k+ |/ r' k% }5 U2 U" Z( q/ u 9. The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific.
* d3 s/ K: b. w% F. w 大陆分水岭是指北美洛矶山脉上的一道想象线,该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域区分开来。
9 g$ f8 T. S% o2 m; a4 g! \ 10. Studies of the gravity field of the Earth indicate that its crust and mantle yield when unusual weight is placed on them." |* U1 _0 k8 U: l
对地球引力的研究表明,在不寻常的负荷之下地壳和地幔会发生位移。 |