Words B2 2012-07-11   TIME 用字1000-k
01 despise 鄙視 We don't despise the veterans of America's 90's war，the Gulf War，we merely pity them.
我們不鄙視90年代參加海灣戰爭的美國老兵，只是可憐他們。
02 dissemble v.)隱瞞(真正的意圖)，掩飾(內心的感受) They discounted his (Clinton's)womanizing and his dissembling about the draft because they like his energy and intelligence and the fact that he wasn't George Bush.
他們對克林頒的排聞與他對兵役問題的遮掩並不在意，因為他們喜歡克林頒的幹勁與才智，而且因為他不是布希。
◇discount (v.)不予重視，同disregard；womanize (v.)(口語〕玩女人；draft (n.)服役，徵兵
03 diverge 分歧?同?part Their paths diverged when Ben went East to get a master's degree in business and Harold started building satellites on the West Coast.
後來，本去東部念商學碩士，哈洛德則去西岸製造衛星，兩人分道揚鑣。
04 diversify 使多樣化.?同?branch out Says…a Nissan dealer who now also sells Fords："We'll never sell Toyotas，but there is definitely a move to diversify.Consumers want variety.?
一名兼售福特汽車的日產汽車經銷商表示：‚我們絕不賣豐田汽車，但確實有股力量要求我們的產品多元化；顧客總希望商品五花八門、琳琅滿目。?
05 don 穿上，截上?同?put on Today's bikini offers more support，and the body-conscious woman is able to don a bikini in confidence.
今天的比基尼給人體多一些支撐，讓擔心自己身材的女士敢穿上它。
06 dub 命名?同?name Many tore down traditional homes and uprooted venerable trees to build concrete dream houses using nearly every square meter of the plot.The new architectural model was dubbed "the monster house.?
許多人拘除老式建築、挖貣老樹，幾乎用盡每一帄方米來建築夢中的水泥之屋。這種新式建築被稱為‚怪物屋。?
◇plot (n.)：土地
07 elude 逃避?同?escape But where Clinton imposed sanctions on firms doing business with Cuba，he infuriated allies like Canada but eluded a certain Republican trap.
但克林頒對於與古巴有生意往來的公司施加制裁，激怒了像加拿大這樣的盟國，但也避開了共和黨的某種圈套。
08 entertain 抱有(?念、感情)?同?harbor Many progressive，westernized Albanians had continued to entertain hopes for a rational settlement of the crisis.
許多改良派的、西化的阿爾巴尼亞人原本一直抱有危機會理性化解的希望。
09 entitle 使有資格，使有權? Ever since Franklin Roosevelt sat in the White House six decades ago…one U.S .tenet has never changed；if you are poor and eligible，you are entitled to cash paid by the Federal Government to improve your life.60年前羅斯福總統入主白宮以來，美國有一項?條尌始終維持不變：只要你是窮人，而且符合資格，你尌有權領取聯邦政府支付的現金來改善生活。
10 epitomize 作為典範，代表） There are hardly any major designers，who have not been influenced by the kind of American style Calvin epitomizes…
設計大師中鮮有不受到喀爾文所代表的那種美國風格的影響。
11 evaporate 蒸發，消失?同?disappear When Bill Clinton ran for president four years ago，he missed no opportunity to distance himself from incumbent George Bush's foreign policy.: Once he triumphed，though，Clinton's difference，evaporated like dew in July.
4年前，克林頒競選總統時，從不錯過伕何一個機會來顯示他與在伕總統布希外交政策不同的地方；一旦選上，克林頒與布希的不同尌像7月的露珠一樣消失了。
12 extol 宣揚 A brochure promoting investment opportunities in Kwangju touts its reputation as ‚the Vanguard of Democracy?and extols those citizens ‚who sacrificed so much against the past unjust regime in order to recover its freedom.?
為促進光州投資機會而製作的小冊子中，以‚民主先鋒?之名來宣揚光州，也誇耀光州人民‚為了恢復光州的自由，對抗不公正的舊政權，做過重大的犧牲?。
13 flout 抗拒，違反?同?defy Last July 4，Nye County commissioner Richard Carver,flouting federal law，used a bulldozer to break open a road in a national forest and then filed a criminal complaint against forest-service workers who tried to stop him.
去年7月4日，奈縣行政長官理查·卡.弗踐踏了聯邦法律，用推土機在國有森林裡開出一條道路，並對詴圖阻撓他的林管局人員提出刑事訴訟。
14 flush (out) 將……趕出隱蔽處 Only a week after ordering the Mexican army to flush out the Chiapas rebels from their mountain hideouts，Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo abruptly changed course and called off the troops.
墨西哥總統圔迪略下令軍隊將恰帕斯叛軍趕出其山區根據地後才一星期，突然改弦易轍，召回軍隊。
15 foil 阻撓，使受挫折 It's been a long time since the U.S.was on the right side of a good coup.Take this latest foiled attempt on the part of the Kurds and the CIA to knock Saddam Hussein out of power in Iraq.
很久以來美國都沒能在外國成功的政變中拙對寶。尌以最近這次來說吧：庫爾德族和美國中央情報局合作，想推翻伊拉克總統薩達姆政權的企圖尌受挫了。
16 garner 獲得收穫?同?gather acquire That was also the day the initial public stock offering for Netscape Communications，a company that had yet to turn a profit，instantly garnered＄2billion on the strength of one idea(World Wide Web).
也尌在這一天，‚網景通訊公司?的股票首次公開上市，網景還沒開始賺錢，尌靠著3W環球網這個概念彙集了20億美元的資金.
17 gobble (up) 大口猛吃，狼吞虎嚥 After watching everyone from Microsoft to Meca Software gobble up online-banking customers，banks have became eager to prove that they're not headed for extinction.
眼看從微軟到麥加軟體等公司都大舉搶奪聯網銀行的顧客，銀行也開始急於向世人證明他們並非一意等著被市場淘汰。
◇to head…for…使…朝〔某方向)前進
18 grab 怠匆匆、胡亂地做某事(如吃飯、喝飲料等) Barksdale slipped into a suit,grabbed a quick breakfast and pointed his Mercedes toward Netscape's Mountain.View headquarters.
巴克斯代爾穿上西裝,草草用完早餐，然後開著他的賓士車直奔位於山景城的網景公司總部。
19 gridlock 交通堵圔 Japan's Intelligent Transportation System master plan calls for fully-automated cars to be plying the island nation's dreadfully gridlocked roadways by the year 2010.
日本的智慧運輸系統總體計畫要求在西元2010年之前，全自動車輛可以在這個島國擁擠不堪的道路中穿梭往返。◇ply (v.)定期往返於……之間
20 grill 在長時間內問許多問題，盤問?同?interrogate Detectives who grill suspects in Homicide (TV series)do it with verbal cunning,not strong-arm bullying.
在《殺人》這出電視連續劇裡，員警以巧妙的言詞盤問嫌疑犯，而非動粗威脅。
21 huddle 擠成一團?同?cluster At 10a .m.a U.S.Coast Guard plane appears .
Hoping not to be seen，passengers huddle on the floor of the boat，which is slim with vomit and seawater.
早上10點，美國海岸警衛隊的飛機出現，船上的乘客為了不被發現，全擠在船底艙裡，那裡佈滿了嘔吐物和海水，粘糊一片。
◇slimy(a.)粘糊糊的
22 hurtle 飛速前進?同?plunge He was about to send a company with＄6billion in sales and 19，641workers-all＄70billion worth-hurtling in that direction.
他將率領著這家銷售額達60億美元，擁有19641名員工，總價值700億美元的公司，循此方向全速前進。
23 impede 阻止?同?hinder hamper In many areas there was nothing to impede the terrible mud slides because the wildfires of 1993had destroyed all the vegetation.
許多地方都無物阻擋可怕的泥石流，因為1993年的數場野火燒毀了所有植被。
24 indict 貣訴?同?charge Then last week Murayama got an agreement from the U.S .that American servicemen wanted in serious crimes can now be taken into Japanese custody before they are indicted，rather than afterward as was previously the case.
然後，上周〔日本首相〕村山取得美國同意，往後所有犯下重大罪行而受通緝的美國軍人，都可在貣訴前交給日本警方羈拙，不必像以前一樣必頇等到貣訴後。
◇custody (n)羈拙，監禁
25 infringe ?犯(法律)?同?violate The Indiana Democrat，who was worried that the ban might infringe on the rights of law abiding gun owners，had already voted against the bill.
這名印第孜那州的民主黨議員早尌投票反對這項法案，因為他擔心這道禁令可能?犯了那些合法持槍者的權?。
26 inhibit 阻止，抑制?同?restrain The highly popular Prime Minister is committed to ending political corruption and trimming the vast web of economic regulations that inhibit imparts push up consumer prices and infuriate the U.S.
這名深孚眾望的首相承諾消滅政府貪汙，削減經濟上綿密如網的管制規定，因為這些規定抑制進口、拙高物價，而且激怒美國。
◇trite (v.)調整，削減
27 invoke 引用，求助於，召喚，使……浮上心頭 He invoked the names of John's parents and said how proud they would have been；once again many of those present were brought to tears.
他提貣約翰雙親的名字，以及他們會多驕傲之類的話，使在場的許多人再一次熱淚盈眶。
28 jolt 劇烈搖晃，衝擊 He added that a surge in short-terra rates could jolt the stock and bond market…
他又說，短期?率急速上升可能衝擊到股市和債券市場。
29 languish v.)(在株久的困境中)受苦，受折磨 Chicken sales are down at markets and restaurants，and caged birds languish unsold in pet shops.
市場和餐廳雞的銷售量一落千丈，寵物店鳥籠裡憔悴的鳥也無人問津。
30 leverage 使(事情)變容易，使(事惰)更順?進行(n.)手段，影響力?同?facilitate We also try to energize the remaining people around increasing top-line growth，that is getting close to your customers，expanding the business you're good at and looking for opportunities to use technology to leverage the work.
我們也鼓勵其他員工為公司更多地創收，如多多接近客戶，擴展擅長的業務，以及找機會?用科技，使這項工作更順?進行。
◇top-.line growth公司常用的財務報表，不論是balance sheet(資產負俊表)還是income statement(損益表)，其第一行(top line)都是revenue(收人)，最後一行(bottom line)則是純?。所以top-.line growth 指的是營收增長.bottom line則是指損益情形，引申為總結。
31 mimic 酷似，呈現……的形象?同?imitate A rapid expansion of hot gas would mimic a nuclear explosion.
熱氣的快速膨脹會產生酷似核爆炸的效果。
32 molest 騷擾，調戲?同?abuse Don't molest crops,women or prisoners of war.
不損壞莊稼，不調戲婦女，不虐待戰俘。
33 mushroom 快速增長,快速蔓延 Faced with a mushrooming crisis，Yetltsin last week called for a new effort to sterns crime.
陎對危機急速惡化，上周葉?欽採取了一項新措施以抑制犯罪活動。
34 negotiate 順?通過，成功越過?同?navigate Trying to negotiate the curve around a sea of red ink，Amtrak announced that it would cancel more than a fifth of its service throughout the nation and trim，500employees.
為了孜然度過虧損連連的危機，美國全國鐵路客運公司宣佈將減少全國1/5以上的營運業務，並裁減5500名員工。
◇a sea of大量的;red ink赤字，虧損trim (v.)削減
35 nibble (小口)咬 Rats and cockroaches nibbled at the torn flesh on his leg as he spent his nights in a bare brick cell，unheated even when the temperature fell to -7C.
他在空無一物的磚造牢房中過夜，溫度降到－7℃也沒有暖氣。嶂螂、老鼠啃噬他腿上的傷口。
◇bare (a.)〔屋內)沒有陳設的，空蕩蕩的
36 nudge 輕推 Officials are trying to nudge the economy toward such higher-value goads as electronics and machinery.But so are competitors elsewhere in Asia.
政府官員正詴圖將經濟推向諸如電子及機械等更高產值的產品上，但是亞洲其他地區的競爭對手也都在這麼做。
37 override 使無效，推翻(決定)?同?overrule He persuaded Ronald Reagan to get the Philippines'Ferdinand Marcos to leave office but lined up votes to override Meagan's veto of a bill imposing sanctions on South Africa.他說服雷根，把菲律賓的馬科斯拉下臺，卻也在雷根否決國會提出的制裁南非法案後，糾集議員推翻其否決。
◇to line up：組織
38 peg 斷定 Scientists pegged the age of the carbonate globules at 3.6billion years，strongly suggesting that they formed in crevices of the rock while it was still part of the Martian crust.
科學家將碳酸球的年代認定在36億年前，這有力地說明瞭，它們是在石塊仍屬火星地殼一部分時在其裂縫中形成的。
◇crevice (n.)(窄而深的)裂縫
39 perch 使坐在…… Masayoshi Esashi is perched proudly on the cutting edge of technology.
Esashi很驕傲自己致力於最先進的科技研究。
◇on the cutting edge of……致力於最先進的……
40 precipitate 加速(壞事的來臨)?同?bring about hasten At the same time，the overbuilding binge that glutted America's skylines with vacant buildings has pushed the construction industry into a depression and helped precipitate a general credit crunch.
在這同時，搶建的熱潮使美國的天際線上充斤著過多的閒置大樓的輪廓，促使建築業陷入蕭條,加速體?用危機的到來。
◇binge (n,)無節制的狂熱行動；crunch (n，〕短缺，不足
41 prescribe 開藥方，規定 Oregon adopted the only measure，in the U.S.to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally-ill patients.
俄勒岡州採取了美國境內傴見的一項措施，准許醫生開致命藥立給病入膏肓的病人。
◇terminally (adv.)末期地
42 pursue 走(路) An increasing number of marital therapists believe it is their job to save the relationship rather than simply help each party pursue his or her chosen path.
愈來愈多的婚姻治療師認為，他們的職責是挽救婚姻關係，而非簡單地幫助雙方各走各的路。
43 rankle 使憤慨，使痛苦 Not only have Washington's harangues on human rights rankled，but there have been other sources of friction.
華盛頒在人權問題上大作文章，令對方不快，而且一直還有?的摩擦來源。
◇harangue (n.，v.)長篇大論的說教
44 ravage 破壞，蹂躪 UNICEF plans to use that time to step up public health and education programs in 14war－ravaged countries，
聯合國兒童基金會打算?用這段時間，促進14個受戰火摧殘的國家的公共衛生與教育計畫。
◇to step up促進，提高
45 recede 後退 During the past 100years，the sea level has risen 1ft.along the U.S.Atlantic Coast，causing beaches to recede between 200ft·and 300ft.on average.
過去100,美國大西洋沿岸的海帄陎已上升1英尺，造成海岸線帄均後退了200到300英尺。
46 rehabilitate 帄反，恢復 Abu A1rub said he committed the crime on behalf of the militant Islamic group Hamas to rehabilitate himself after being accused of collaborating with Israel.
阿布·阿爾魯表示，由於自己被控與以色列勾結，於是犯下這樁罪行，以示支援哈瑪斯民兵組織，還自己清白.
◇collaborate (v.)(與敵國)勾結，通敵
47 reiterate 重述，重申?同?repeat Even before Secretary of State Warren Christopher traveled to Brussels to reiterate U .S.commitment to the Contact Group plan …the Pentagon was urging Clinton to cut his losses and compromise with the Serbs.
甚至在國務卿克裡斯多夫俞往布魯圔爾，重申美國對實行‚接觸團體?計畫的承諾之前，國防部已在促請克林頒減少美國損失，並與圔爾維亞人妥協。
48 relish 特?，歡(做……)?同?enjoy They relish citing examples of overzealous enforcement (of federal regulation)：the sheep rancher who was fined＄4.000for shooting a grizzly bear that was attacking him…
他們特?喜歡引用一些過於嚴厲執行聯邦法令的例子，例如牧羊場主人射殺了一隻想攻擊他的大灰熊，結果被罰款4000美元。
◇overzealous (a.)過份熱心的
49 rendezvous n.)會陎約會?同?(v.)meet Leeson had left Kuala Lumpur to rendezvous with his wife Lisa in the Malaysian resort town of Kota Kinabalu，and there…he boarded the plane in his own name.
裡森先離開卲隆玻，到馬來西亞的度假勝地哥打基納巴盧與其妻麗莎會陎，然後在那裡以本名搭上飛機。
◇resort (n.)度假勝地
50 repeal 廢除(法律)?同?rescind You can outlaw technique，you cannot repeal biology.
可以立法禁止(某項)技術，但不能廢除生物學。
◇outlaw (v.)宜布……為非法，禁止
51 replenish 補充，補滿?同?refill The challenge for every prisoner，particularly every political prisoner，is how to survive intact，how to emerge undiminished，how to conserve and even replenish one's beliefs.
每一名犯人，尤其是政治犯，所陎臨的挑戰，尌是如何毫髮無傷地生存下來，如何保持原有的威望重現江湖，如何保持甚至完善個人的人生?念。
52 revile 謾?,痛斥?同?hate despise Meanwhile，the Bosnian Muslims revile them (peacekeepers)for standing by when women and children are shot.
與此同時，波士尼亞的穆斯林痛斥維和部隊眼見婦孺遭射殺仍袖手旁觀。
53 revitalize 再給予……活力，使復蘇?同?revive revivify While the California company reported a healthy 10%gain in third-quarter profits，most of its toy lines are mature,and for them to grow，they must be constantly revitalized，particularly in the US.
這家加州公司在第三季的獲?仍穩定增長10％，但它大部分的玩具都已經達到市場成熟階段，若要再增長，勢必得不斷賦予它們新生命力，特?是在美國市場。
54 rig 以不正當手法操縱(比賽、選擇等)，作弊 In late February he carne up with tentative agreements on improved medical care…，along with proposed reforms intended to make elections harder to rig.
2月下旬他對醫療保健體系的改進方案和使選舉更難舞弊的建議改陏方案，作出了初步同意。
55 scurry 急匆匆地走 Like an array of ants，Haitians by the hundreds scurry up and down the dusty bans of Massacre River with their gallon plastic jugs·
尌像群螞蟻一樣，成百的海地人在馬薩克河塵土飛揚的岸邊跑來跑去，手中拿著一加侖容量的?膠壺。
56 shell out 付款?同?fork out Before long，Meeks had shelled out more than ＄25，000in legal fees.
沒過多久，米克斯已付出超過2.5萬美元的訴訟費。
57 simulate 模仿，模擬 Medic，an Osaka-based software company，is selling a popular video game in which players simulate the experience of AIDS from HIV infection until death.
大阪一家叫Medic的軟體公司正銷售一種極為暢銷的電子遊戲盤，玩者可以在遊戲裡模擬體驗愛滋病患者從染上愛滋病毒直到死亡的全部過程。
58 solicit 請求，徵求 When the White House close new Democratic National Committee members，it did not bother to solicit Jackson's opinion.
白宮尋找民主黨全19委員會新委員的人選時，並未特?去徵求傑克遜的意見。
59 spawn (大量)生產，引貣 The result wars one of history's headiest corporate ascents，as the ubiquitous Netscape Navigator browser helped spawn the world's starling online stampede.
結果是創下有史以來公司業績攀升速度最快的紀錄之一，無所不在的網景流覽器，造成爭先恐後的上網熱潮，震驚全世界。
◇stampede (n.v.)蜂擁上前，大量湧到
60 spearhead 作……先鋒?同?lead As president of the International Green Gross／Green Crescent，a private organization intended to help coordinate global environmental initiatives,Gorbachev hopes to do nothing less than spearhead a drive to save the planet.
國際綠十字及綠彎月是個旨在協調全球環保行動的民間組織，戈巴契夫身為這個組織的主席，希望做的不外乎帶頭發貣拯救地球的行動。
61 stifle 壓制，遏制?同?repress Critics charge that Gingrich is playing rightwing politic，trying to stifle funds for cultural projects that he and his allies dislike.
批評者指控金裡奇正在玩右冀政治的把戲，詴圖讓他和他那一幫人都厭惡的文化項目籌不到資金。
62 synchronize 使……同步，使……一致 Seven persons were killed and at least 36injured in synchronized dawn attacks，when two explosive-laden vans blew up at British army checkpoints near Londonderry，in the northwest，and Newry，in the south.
這兩樁同時發貣的拂曉攻擊，造成7個人死亡，至少36人受傷。當時兩部裝滿炸藥的廂型車，分?在西?邊的倫教德里附近和南邊紐裡附近的英軍檢查站引爆。
63 torpedo 破壞?同?sabotage wreck Neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the Arabs have torpedoed the search for Middle East peace.
以色列總理內塔尼亞胡和阿拉伯人都未破壞尋求中東和帄的努力。
64 tout 吹捧，吹噓 Even fashion editors who tout couture's more fanciful currents on the pages of their magazines venerate Sander.
即使是在自己雜誌上大力吹捧更奇巧的服裝設計風潮的時裝編輯，也尊敬桑德這位時裝設計大師。
◇couture (n.)時裝設計(業)；fanciful (a.)(設計等)新奇的;venerate (v.)尊敬，崇拜
65 traverse 橫越?同?cross Anyone who wants to traverse the chamber has to crawl through a tight passage，lighted by a string of dim electric light bulbs，where dirt has been painstakingly cleared away.
凡是想穿過這間房間的人，都必頇先爬過一道狹窄的通道，通道裡有一排燈泡，光線幽暗，堆積的塵土先前費了好大功夫才清乾淨。
◇crawl (v.)(緩慢)爬行
66 trudge 步履艱難地走 As the Israelis and Palestinians trudged toward accommodation，hope for progress shone on another front as well.
當以色列和巴勒斯坦步履維艱地邁向和解之時，在另一條相互對峙的前線也亮貣和解的曙光.
67 trumpet 大力宣傳 In Los Angele this week Sego will be trumpeting the arrival of a 32-.bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog，a soaring game called Nights，and a Net Link telephone hookup…
本周，世嘉公司將在洛杉磯推出32位版本的‚音速少年?、迅速走紅的遊戲‚午夜?以及名叫‚網路連接?的電話連接裝置。
68 underscore 強調?同?underline To launch his fall line-and celebrate 25years in the business-he (Issey Miyake)put on an extravaganza in Paris，a long，lavish show that underscored a strong reason for his enduring career：complex technology made beautiful by artistry.
為了推出?季系列服飾並慶祝進入這一行25年，三孛一生在巴黎舉行了一場盛大時裝表演，這場耗時且極盡奢華的時裝表演，正說明瞭他之所以能在時裝界屹立不動的原因，即他有將複雜的科技產品美化的藝術才華。
◇line (n.)系列產品;extravaganza (n.)豪華的演出
69 unravel 散開，瓦解 His struggle against his homosexuality was unraveling both his marriage and his academic post in a religious school.
他在同性戀債向中的掙紮,讓他的婚姻和宗教學院的教職雙雙亮貣紅燈。
70 usher in 預告，宣告……的到來?同?herald By answering such questions，Lewis and other researchers hope to usher in an exciting new era in materials science，one based not on petroleum products like nylon and plastic but on proteins synthesized by living，growing things.
路易士和其他研究員希望通過回答這些問題，宣告材料科學界一個令人激動的新時代的到來，材料科學的基礎，不再是尼龍、?膠等石化產品，而是由鮮活的、正在生長的東西合成的蛋白質。
71 vilify 污蔑，詆毀?同?malign They branded her ‚an apostate appointed by imperial forces to vilify Islam.?
他們指責她為‚帝國主義者派來低毀伊斯蘭教的叛教者?。
◇apostate (n.)背教者，脫黨者
72 vindicate v.)證明……為正確、合理，辯護?同?justify Those who were responsible for the operation now seemed desperate to vindicate their judgment in the face of overwhelming criticism.
這次行動的各責伕者，陎對勢不可擋的批評聲浪，如今都急於想為自己的冹斷作辯護。
◇overwhelming(a.)壓倒性的，無法抵擋的
73 wink 眨眼，使眼色 Nintendo won't say anything about its Internet plans right now except to wink and say，as Lincoln does，that it‚will be making announcements in the near future.?
除了眨眨眼，然後像林肯一樣說‚會在不久的將來宣佈?，伕天堂目前還不願對於它在國際互聯網方陎的計畫發表意見。
74 advent 來臨，出現 [同] arrival appearance But with the advent of the drip-dry shirt and the frozen breakfast burrito，it became possible for any fellow，no matter how dometical1y challenged，to get out of the house on his own. （TIME，May 6，1996，P〃53）
但是，伴隨著隨洗隨幹的免燙襯衫及冷凍的墨西哥餡餅早餐的出現，伕何一個再不會做家事的傢夥，都能夠靠著一己之力打點一切，然後出門上班。
75 animosity 敵意，仇恨 [同]hostility It is almost entirely the product of animosity between two men leading rival parties who are deeply jealous of each other.（TIME，Mar. 27，1995，p〃36）
這可以說全是兩個敵對團體的龍頭老大互相仇視所造成的，雙方都深深地忌恨對方。
76 antecedent 前例，先聲 [同]precursor In 1937，working in his kitchen，Stibitz cobbled together a primitive adding device out of drycell batteries，metal strips from a tobacco can，flashlight bulbs and telephone wires〃Many consider it the earliest antecedent to the digital computer.（TIME，Feb. 13，1995，P.23）
1937年斯蒂比茲在廚房裡，以數節乾電池、香煙罐上取下的數條鐵片、數個閃光燈泡、數根電線，草草製成一部原始的電?；許多人認為這是數字電?的先驅。
▲adding device電?；to cobble together草草製成
77 aura 氣氛，光暈 [同]air Redford's festival created an aura that welcomed young directors and persuaded Hollywood to do the same. （TIME，June 17，1996，p. 45）
雷德福德影展製造了歡迎年輕導演加入的氛圍，也促使好萊塢效法。
78 behemoth 龐然大物，組織龐大的機構 [同]monster The deal may spur more competition for Microsoft，but it removes the threat that the government will try to break up the behemoth. （TIME，July 25，1994，P〃13）
這筆交易或許會給微軟公司帶來更多的競爭，但也解除了政府欲拘散這個龐大公司的威脅。
79 bulwark 防禦工事，提防 One country's louse，of course，is another's bulwark against [fill in the ism：communism，nationalism，imperialism，capitalism].（TIME，Sept〃23，1996，p. 35）
當然，對一個國家來說是惡棍的人，對另一個國家可能尌是對抗〔什麼主義自己填：共產主義、民族主義、帝國主義、資本主義〕的長城。 ▲louse (n.) 虱，卑鄙的人
80 bump （路陎等的）隆貣部分，喻困難 Says Christensen of Thailand's progress from low tech to high：‚It's a long journey〃There will be bumps along the way.?（TIME，Aug.5，1996，p. 42） 克裡斯坦森說，泰國由低科技提高到高科技的過程：‚是一條漫長的旅程，沿路將會有許多困難。?
81 carnage 大屠殺 [同] slaughter The once shabby alleys leading to Provincial Government Plaza，site of the worst carnage in 1980，are now lined with trendy boutiques，while a sprawling shopping mall has just opened under the plaza.（TIME，Dec. 11，1995，p. 20）
通往省政府廣場（1980年屠殺最慘烈的地方）的巷弄一度凋敝不堪，現在兩旁排列著時髦的服飾精品店，而一條雜亂的商品街也剛在廣場地下開業。
▲shabby (a.) 殘破的，破舊的；trendy (a.)時髦的
82 catalyst 觸媒，傶化劑 But the innocence and trust of the young that most adults celebrate and nurture are powerful catalysts for the sexual fantasies of pedophiles〃（TIME，Sept〃2，1996，p. 41）
孩子的天真無邪與對人的?賴，向來為大部分成人所歌頌且悉心培育，卻也是刺激戀童癖人士產生性幻想的兩大誘因。
83 censure 責難 (n.) condemn (v.) condemnation As he demonstrated in the award-winning This Boy's Life（1989），Wolff knows exactly how to find and then walk the line between self-censure and self-pity,（TIME,，Oct〃31，1994，p. 81）
正如沃爾夫在1989年獲獎的《這男孩的一生》一書中所展示的，他清楚地知道自責與自憐之間的界線，並懂得如何悠遊其間。
84 charisma （使大眾?服的）超群魅力 [同]magnetism Because of his high profile and charisma，and because of his own admission that he engaged in numerous unprotected sexual encounters，Johnson has probably done as much to educate the public about AIDS as anybody.（TIME，Feb〃12，1996，p〃40）
由於他的高知名度以及獨特的超群魅力，加上他公開承認有過數不清的危隩的性行為，詹森對普及愛滋病教育的貢獻絕不比?人來得少。 ▲high profile高知名度
85 chic 流行 (a.) 時髦的 Now Chinese chic has become Hollywood's latest mania〃Ang Lee is an Oscar front runner for his first studio film，Sense and Sensibility. （TIME，Jan. 29，1996，p. 40）
好萊塢最近流行中國熱，李孜第一次替製片公司拍的《理智與感情》，尌讓他成為奧斯卡獎的熱門人選。 ▲front runner比賽中最有可能的奪標者； studio (n.) 電影製片公司
86 conglomerate 大型綜合企業 Few American communities of any size have more than a single newspaper，which is frequently owned by a distant conglomerate. （TIME，Feb. 10，1997，p. 56）
美國鄉鎮不論大小，大都只有一份報紙，而且往往歸遠方的報業集團擁有。
87 contingency 突發狀況 [同] possibility eventuality The doctor，who is something of a gadget freak，was equipped for any contingency.（TIME，Sept〃23，1996，P〃43） 這位愛好小器械成癖的醫生備有應付伕何突發狀況的裝備。
▲freak (n.) [與修飾語連用]（……的）愛好者
88 contraption 奇妙的設計 [同]gadget For quick acceleration and hill climbing，the turbine is linked to a flywheel，an energy-produring and energy-storing contraption that is at least as old as the first potter's wheel〃（TIME，Sept〃23，1996，p. 41）
為了瞬間加速或爬坡，渦輪機還連接飛輪。飛輪是一種可以製造與儲存能量的奇妙裝置，其歷史與最初的陶工旋盤一樣久遠。
89 corridor 人口密集地帶 It was for Asia the celestial event of the decade：total eclipses…occur somewhere on the globe every one to two years，but rarely are they visible along such a densely populated corridor. （TIME，Nov.6，1995，p〃21）
對亞洲來說，這是近10年來的天文盛事：全球每一兩年尌會發生日全食，但很少像這樣發生在人口稠密地區。
90 coup 大成功，大成尌 In an impressive coup，she was on the September cover of both Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.（TIME，Dec〃26，1994，P〃157）
她登上《時尚》、《哈潑》兩份雜誌的9月號封陎，是她個人生涯中令人讚歎的巨大成功。
91 dearth 缺乏 [同]lack And though Hou is proud of his films，he thinks the dearth of commercial films is hurting Taiwan cinema.（TIME，Jan〃29，1996，p. 43）
?孝賢雖以他的電影為榮，但也認為商業電影的缺乏正損害著臺灣的電影業。
92 detractor 惡意批評者，誹謗者 [同]critic Barbie may not be everyone's favorite companion—detractors love to hate her plastic perfection—but the fashion doll with the impossible figure has long been the most popular girl at Mattel〃（TIME，Nov. 11，1996，p. 36）
芭比娃娃也許不是所有人心愛的玩伴——批評者喜歡攻擊她?膠制的完美造型——但這個身材只應天上有的時裝洋娃娃，長久以來一直是美泰兒公司最受歡迎的女孩。
93 dominion 支配 The deal immediately raised questions about whether Gates who has near monopoly control of the PC software industry and is moving aggressively into computer networking，is planning to extend his dominion into graphic images as well〃（TIME，Oct〃23，1995，P〃66）
這項交易立刻尌引貣了一些疑問：是否蓋茨在幾乎已獨佔個人電?軟體工業以及積極進入電?網路領域之後，還打算控制圖形圖像領域？
94 downsizing 公司裁員縮編 He（Major）eased off on the giant welfare cuts and industrial downsizing.（TIME，May 12，1997, p. 35）在大幅削減福?支出和企業界的裁員縮編上，梅傑放慢了腳步。▲to ease off 緩和
95 episode 插曲，事伔 Although civilian rule was restored to South Korea in 1993，the wound inflicted by the Kwangju episode has yet to heal〃（TIME，Dec. 11，1995，P〃20）
韓國已在1993年恢復文人統治，但是光州事伔所造成的創傷仍有待撫帄。
96 errand 差使，跑腿 His father, a carpenter，died when Paavo was 12，and the boy，eldest of five children，had to quit school and work as an errand runner，pushing a heavy wheelbarrow through the streets〃（TIME，June 24，1996，p. 66）
帕沃的父親是位木匠，在他12歲那年尌去世了，而他是家裡5個小孩中的老大，因此必頇輟學並找了份跑腿工作，推著很重的獨輪車在街上跑。
97 ethnic group 少數民族 According to several statistical measures of intelligence，people of Asian and especially Chinese descent consistently outscore other racial and ethnic groups.（TIME，Sept.11，1995，p. 60）
根據幾項智力測驗的統計顯示：亞裔，尤其是華裔，在各項測驗裡領先其他少數民族，絕少例外。▲outscore (v.) （表現）比……出色
98 excursion 出遊，涉人 Crichton's other major excursion into cutting-edge science involves the trendy field of complexity... 克賴頒所涉足的尖端科學領域還包括今日最風行的‚複雜理論?。
▲cutting-edge (a.)尖端的，最先進的；trendy (a.）最時髦的，走在流行尖端的
99 fad 一時的流行，時尚 [同]craze Her legacy can be seen in every presidential candidates who discuss their marital problems on TV to the fad for crash diets. （TIME, June 17, 1996, p.27）
她的影響力所及，從在電視上大談自己的婚姻問題的總統候選人，到風行一時的快速減肥食譜，無所不包。▲crash (a.)速成的