calendar [ˈkælində] n. 历法，日历
【扩】kalendar 日历
【搭】solar calendar 阳历 wall calendar 挂历 lunar calendar 阴历
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A: I like that color calendar.
B: I'll give it to you if you like.
A：我喜欢那本彩色的日历。
B：喜欢就送给你了。
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historian [hiˈstɔːriən] n. 历史学家
unique [juːˈniːk] adj. 无与伦比的，独特的
【扩】idiographic 独特的
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A: This is our specialty.
B: Surely it is unique.
A：这是本店的特色商品。
B：这种商品确实很独特。
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steadily [ˈstedili] adv. 不断地
【扩】continuously 不断地 constantly 不断地，经常地
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A: Our demand for this product is steadily on the increase.
B: How much do you order this time?
A：我们对该产品的需求正在稳步地增长。
B：你们这次准备订购多少呢？
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sole [səul] adj. 唯一的
【扩】only 唯一的
【搭】sole one 唯一一个
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A: Unless you increase the turnover we can hardly appoint you our sole agent.
B: I'll consider it, and tell you my decision tomorrow.
A：除非贵方增加交易额，否则我们无法指定贵方为我们的独家代理。
B：我考虑考虑，明天告诉你我的决定。
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video [ˈvidiəu] n. 录像
CD-ROM [ˌsiː-diː-ˈrɔm] n. （只读）光盘驱动器
bewilder [biˈwildə] v. 令人眼花缭乱
【派】bewilderment 迷惑
【例】The traffic in big cities bewilders me.
大城市的交通让我眼花缭乱。
deduce [diˈdjuːs] v. 推断，推理
【扩】conclude 推断出 forejudge 推断
【搭】deduce from 从……推断出
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A: I deduce from the large crowd that the speaker is very popular.
B: Yes, he is the professor who is the most popular among the students in our school.
A：从听众很多这一点，我可以推断，演讲者大受欢迎。
B：是的，他是最受我们学校学生欢迎的教授。
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scanty [ˈskænti] adj. 不足的，贫乏的
【扩】skimp 不足的 lacking 缺少的
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A: The rainfall was rather scanty this month.
B: Yes, it rained only twice altogether.
A：这个月的雨量不足。
B：是的，总共只下了两场雨。
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mammoth [ˈmæməθ] n. （古生物）长毛象
tusk [tʌsk] n. 獠牙，长牙，象牙
nomad [ˈnəumæd] n. 游牧民
correlate [ˈkɔrileit] v. 使相互联系
【派】correlation 相互关系，关联
【扩】interrelate 相关，相互关联
【搭】correlate with 与……相关联
【例】 This doesn't correlate with what we've known already.
这同我们已经知道的没有关系。
clue [kluː] n. 线索
insignificant [insiɡˈnifikənt] adj. 不重要的
【扩】unimportant 不重要的
【例】This problem was insignificant compared to others we faced.
这一问题与我们面临的其他问题相比算不了什么。
shed [ʃed] v. 使流出，泻
advent [ˈædvent] n. 出现，到来，来临
【搭】with the advent of 随着……的出现
【例】People are much better informed since the advent of the Internet.
自从有了网络，人们的消息灵通多了。
agriculture [ˈæɡriˌkʌltʃə] n. 农业
assumption [əˈsʌmpʃən] n. 假定，设想
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A: The facts proved her assumption was wrong.
B: But she doesn't think that way.
A：事实证明她的设想是错的。
B：但她并不那么认为。
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dot [dɔt] n. 小圆点
symbol [ˈsimbəl] n. 符号
engrave [inˈɡreiv] v. 雕刻
【派】engraving 雕刻印刷品
【扩】sculpture 雕刻
【例】The stone was engraved with inscription in memory of him.
石碑上刻有纪念他的碑文。
ivory [ˈaivəri] n. 象牙制品
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A: May I see that ivory horse?
B: Sure. Here you are.
A：我可以看看那个象牙做的马吗？
B：当然可以，给你。
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phase [feiz] n. 月相，天相
primitive [ˈprimitiv] n. 原始人；adj. 原始的
【派】primitiveness 原始
【扩】primordial 原始的 aboriginal 原始的，土著的
【例】Primitive made himself primitive tools from sharp stones and animal bones.
原始人用尖石块和兽骨为自己制作原始的工具。
depict [diˈpikt] v. 描画，描绘
noun [具体名词]日历(solar calendar and lunar calendar)；日程表；记事录，大事记；历法 - A calendar is a particular system for dividing time into periods such as years, months, and weeks, often starting from a particular point in history.
verb [vt. 及物动词]把…排进日程表（或时间表），把…记入记事录 - A good study plan includes a study calendar and a to-do list.
- solar calendar 阳历
- lunar calendar 阴历
- Chinese calendar 中国农历
- perpetual calendar 万年历
- desk calendar 台历
- wall calendar 挂历
noun [专属名词]历史学家，史学工作者 - Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.
adjective [原级]独一无二的，独特的；非常特别的，极不寻常的；（某人、地或事物）独具的，特有的 - You can use unique to describe things that you admire because they are very unusual and special.
noun [抽象名词]<古>独一无二的人（或事） - We like the unique nature of that software.
- a unique position 做定语
- Each person's DNA is unique. 做表语
adverb [频率副词]逐渐地，稳步地；不变地，稳定地；冷静地，镇定地；固定地，牢固地 - The company's exports have been increasing steadily.
adverb [程度副词]单独地，仅有地 - Too often we make decisions based solely upon what we see in the magazines.
noun [具体名词]（某个事件或场合的）录像；（指方法）录影；录像带；音乐录影；<英>录像机；视频播放软件 - Video is the system of recording movies and events on tape so that people can watch them on a television set.
adjective [原级]电视的，视频的；图像的，画面的 - He wanted to play video game.
verb [vt. 及物动词]录下（电视节目）；（用摄像机）拍摄 - If you video a television programme or event, you record it on tape using video recorder or video camera, so that you can watch it later.
noun [专属名词]只读光盘驱动器（Compact Disc Read - Only Memory） - A single CD-ROM can hold more than 500 megabytes of data.
verb [vt. 及物动词]使迷惑，使糊涂、令人眼花缭乱，晕头转向 - The silence from Alex had hurt and bewildered her.
阅读真题：As an increasing number of traffic regulation schemes are devised, the poor bewildered driver finds himself diverted and forced into one-way systems which cause even greater delays than the traffic jams they are supposed to prevent.
verb [vt. 及物动词]推断，演绎；<古>对…追本溯源 - Alison cleverly deduced that I was the author of the letter.
adjective [原级]少量的(scanty evidence)，不足的(scanty clues)；（衣服）暴露的，紧（身）的 - If someone is wearing scanty clothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing. (
noun [抽象名词]<非正式>女式小短裤（或衬裤）（scanties） - ...a troupe of scantily-clad dancers. ...
be few and far between 缺乏
- People like John are few and far between.
- Thank God people like John are few and far between.
noun [抽象名词]猛犸，毛象；庞然大物 - A mammoth was an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists.
adjective [原级]巨大的，庞大的 - It is a mammoth project.
noun [具体名词]长牙；尖头，尖形物 - The second blind felt the elephant's tusk.
verb [vt. 及物动词]以牙刺戳；以长牙掘 - Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it.
noun [集合/集体]游牧民，游牧部落一员；流浪者，不断更换工作的人 - A 'nomad settlement' is a contradiction in terms.“
adjective [原级]游牧的，流浪的 - I think these devices facilitate our inner digital nomad.
verb [vt. 及物动词]相互关联；显示紧密联系 - If you correlate things, you work out the way in which they are connected or the way they influence each other.
noun [抽象名词]相关的事物 - The figures do not seem to correlate.
noun [抽象名词]线索，提示；理解，想法 - A clue is an object or piece of information that helps someone solve a crime. (
verb [vt. 及物动词]给（某人）提供线索，使（某人）了解 - I want to clue you in on something.
adjective [原级]微不足道的，无足轻重的；（人）无权无势的；无意义的 - In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city. 1949
noun [具体名词]棚屋，小屋；（工业上用于生产或存放设备的）厂房，工棚；<澳新>剪羊棚，挤奶棚 - David built us a shed in the back yard.
verb [vt. 及物动词]去除，摆脱；（植物）落（叶），（动物）蜕（皮），脱（毛）；脱掉（所穿衣物）；掉落（货物）；挡水，防水；射出，发出（光）；流，洒，落（泪）；<正式>（尤指在战争中）造成伤亡，使流（血）；把（车）停在库棚内；（分区）切断（电力载荷） - Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves.
noun [抽象名词]出现，到来，问世；基督降临节（Advent）；基督降临，基督复临（Advent） - Since the advent of television people have been prophesying the death of the book.
noun [抽象名词]农业，农学，农艺 - Strong both in industry and agriculture, Ukraine produces much of the grain for the nation.
noun [抽象名词]假定，假设；取得，承担 - You would be making an assumption that's not based on any fact that you could report.
noun [专属名词]点，小圆点，点状物；顿音记号；（摩尔斯电码、因特网或电子邮件地址中的）点；嫁妆 - a system of painting using small dots of colour. …
verb [vt. 及物动词]加点；散布于，遍布；给音符加附点；<古>击打 - to mark or form with a dot
noun [抽象名词]象征，标志；符号；代表性的人（物） - A symbol of something such as an idea is a shape or design that is used to represent it.
verb [vt. 及物动词]雕刻（文字，图案）；铭刻在（记忆，脑海）中（be engraved on/in） - Your wedding ring can be engraved with a personal inscription at no extra cost.
noun [专属名词]象牙，（其他动物的）长牙；象牙制品；象牙色，乳白色；<非正式>钢琴键；<非正式>（人的）牙齿 - He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.
adjective [原级]象牙色的，乳白色的；象牙制成的 - The ivory industry employed about a thousand carvers.
noun [抽象名词]（发展或变化的）阶段，时期；做出某种行为的短时期；（动物生活周期或年周期的）阶段，期；（月亮的）位相，盈亏；同步，协调；（化）相；（动）（由遗传或季节引起的）动物颜色变化（期）；（物理）相位，相角；（线圈的）匝，（多相电机或电路的）连接；（语言学）（系统语法用语）相（指链接动词与后续动词的关系）；相结构（含有链接动词和后续动词的结构） - This autumn, 6000 residents will participate in the first phase of the project.
verb [vt. 及物动词]分阶段进行；（物理）使相位同步，使定相 - So begins another phase of the cycle.
adjective [原级]原始的，远古的；（器物等）粗糙的，简陋的；（人、动物或植物发展）早期的；（行为，思想，情感）本能的，自然的；（艺术风格）朴实无华的；原来的，原有的；（语言学）根词的，非派生的；（数）（代数或几何表达式）本原的；（生）原生的 - Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant.
verb [vt. 及物动词]描述，描绘 - ...a gallery of pictures depicting Lee's most famous battles. …
