negelect---v.忽视;疏忽;疏漏;忽略
To take this approach(方法) to the New Englanders normally means to start with the Puritans' theological innovations(清教徒在神学理论上的创新) and their distinctive ideas(独特的看法) about the church—important subjects that we may not neglect.
glamour---魅力
child rearing---抚养孩子
intensify---加剧
negative---adj.负的,小于零的;负面的
indicate---暗示
An emerging body of research(新兴的研究) shows that positive health habits—as well as negative ones—spread through networks of friends via social communication.
be negelectful of---不关注;不注意;忽视
owe---v.欠(钱);欠(债);应把...归功于
Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions.
owing to---由于,因为
revenue---n.收入;财政收入,税收
Forty-four states have lotteries(彩票), 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varing degrees dependent on—you might say addicted to—revenues(收益) from wagerings(赌博).
vote---v.投票;表决 n.投票;选票;选票数
The three-fifths formula(算法) handed Jefferson his narrow(小的,勉强的) victory in the presidential election(总统选举) of 1800 by inflating(挤出;膨胀) the votes of the southern states in the Electoral College(选举人团).
Enraged(激怒) by Entergy's behavior, the Vermont Senate(参议院) voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension(续期).
devoted---adj.献身的;忠诚的
Devoted concergoers who reply taht recordings are no substitute for(不能代替) live performance are missing the point.
election campaign---选举运动
ballot---n.(无记名)投票;(无记名)选票;(无记名)表决
misery---n.痛苦;苦难;不幸
People in earlier eras(年代) were surrounded by reminders of misery(痛苦的回忆).
Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to(反思) wonder if they shouldn't have had kids, but unhappy childless folks(没孩子的人们) are bothered with(被...困扰) the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes(孩子那样大的缺口) in their lives.
be sorrowful of---伤心;悲伤
grief---n.悲伤;悲痛
routine---n.日常事务;例行公事;惯例;常规 adj.常规的;例行的
We reach for them mindlessly(不假思索地), setting our brains on auto-pilot(自动导航) and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.
Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing—much like a(n) effective exercise routine requires you to increase resistance(耐力,阻力) and vary(相异) your muscle use.
routinely---adv.例行地;通常地
Today, professors rountinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying(描述) conservative or classical liberal ideas—such as free markets and self-reliance—as falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation(调查研究).
circular bus routine--循环巴士路线
inevitable---adj.不可避免的;必然发生的
But the Nobel Foundation's limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown(不合时宜) by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated(示范) by the inevitable row over who is ignore when it comes to acknowledging(确认) the discovery of the Higgs boson.
unavoidable---adj.不可避免的
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