Day1-2扫除生词句
1.recipient: n.接受者 (复数:收件人)
2.nurture: vt. 养育; 培育, 培养n. 教养, 培育
eg.The schools were poor at nurturing aspiration(n. 强烈的愿望, 志向, 抱负).
3.reputation: n. 名气, 名声, 名誉
4.prestigious: adj. 受尊敬的, 有声望的, 有威信的
eg.a prestigious university
5.initative: n. 主动性, 首创精神;主动的行动, 倡议;主动权
eg.took the initiative in trying to solve the problem.
开始着手试图解决这个问题
6.trial: n.试验;磨炼;审讯;努力adj. 审讯的;试验的
trial: 指为观察、研究某事物以区别其真伪、优劣或效果等而进行较长时间的试验或试用过程。
experiment: 多指用科学方法在实验室内进行较系统的操作实验以验证、解释或说明某一理论、定理或某一观点等。
test: 普通用词,含义广,指用科学方法对某物质进行测试以估价其性质或效能等。
try: 普通用词,多用于口语或非正式场合,指试一试。
7.pioneer: n.
(1)someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art 拓荒者; 开发者
(2)one the first colonists or settler in a new territory先驱者; 创始者; 先锋
eg.they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them.
v. 开拓, 开发, 创始
(1)open up an area or prepare a way
eg.She pioneered a graduate program for women students
(2)take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
eg.This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants.
(3)open up and explore a new area
eg.pioneer space
8.provoked: adj.incited, especially deliberately, to anger被激怒的;受到挑衅的
eg.the provoked animal attacked the child.
v. 激起;挑衅(provoke的过去分词)
9.stray:
n.走失的动物homeless cat
v.走失, 离群; 迷路;走入歧途; 犯罪
(1)move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment 迷茫,离群
(2)wander from a direct course or at random走失,迷路
eg.The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
(3)lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking 走入歧途,犯罪
adj.独自的; 零散的not close together in time
10.perilously: adv. 充满危险地,危机四伏地
eg.by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism.
据他自己承认,他曾险些误入歧途,沾染嗜酒的恶习。
11.allay v.减轻;使缓和;使平静
(1)lessen the intensity of or calm
synonymous: still, relieve, ease
12.iterative: adj. 重复的,反复的,迭代的n. 反复体
13.retail:
n.零售
the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
v.零售,转述
be sold at the retail level
These gems retail at thousands of dollars each
sell on the retail market
adj.零售的
selling or related to selling direct to the consumer
eg.retail trade
retail business
retail price
adv.以零售方式
eg.at a retail price
I'll sell it to you retail only
14.sibling n. a person's brother or sister
15.unsystematic: adj.无系统的
16.predate: v.提早日期,居先
〔1〕be earlier in time; go back further
〔2〕come before
〔3〕prey on or hunt for
〔4〕establish something as being earlier relative to something else
17.tweak: n. 拧;扭;焦急vt. 扭;用力拉;开足马力
18.mnemonic: adj. 记忆的;助记的;记忆术的
19.enroll: vt. 登记;把...记入名册;使加入;使入伍vi. 登记;参加;注册;记入名册
eg.register formally as a participant or member
20.evasion: n. 逃避, 回避, 躲避;遁辞, 借口
21.frame:n. 框架;结构;画面vt. 设计;陷害;建造;使…适合vi. 有成功希望
adj. 有木架的;有构架的
eg.frame a house.建造一房屋
frame a reply.口头答复
frame a painting.框住一幅画
frame a prizefight.预先安排职业拳击赛
the frame of a house.房屋的骨架
the frame of government.政府体制
a window frame; the frame of a mirror.窗框;镜框
frame-by-frame a.逐个画面[镜头]的
21.serve: vt. & vi. (为…)服务; 任(职);提供, 端上vt. 向…供应;度过(某段时间)
22.representative: n. 代表;代理人adj. 有代表性的, 典型的
delegate: 指一般被派参加某一会议的代表。
deputy: 指上级授权代理行事的代表,特指被选择为执行全部或部分公务的人。
representative: 一般指被选举或委派代表某人或一些人或某个较大团体的人,其职务有时是较长期的。
agent: 普通用词,通常指经授权代理另一个人或团体,或指在双方之间代表一方起中间作用的人。
substitute: 主要强调某人或某物可以用来代替别的人或物的作用。
23.ethnic minorities: 少数民族;少数族裔
ethnic: adj. 种族的;人种的
24.versions: n. 版本;译本
25. tackle corruption: 解决腐败问题
26.clinic n.诊所
〔1〕a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
〔2〕meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity
〔3〕a healthcare facility for outpatient care
27.bribe: vt. & vi. 贿赂n. 贿赂
bribes:赃物
28.imminent: adj.close in time; about to occuradj. 迫近的;即将来临的
29.pension: n.a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working.津贴;退休金,抚恤金;膳宿费
v.grant a pension to. 发给养老金或抚恤金
30.scheme: vt. & vi. 策划; 图谋n. 阴谋, 诡计;计划, 方案
31.subsequent: adj. 随后的, 继…之后的
32.remedy: n. 药品, 治疗法;补救办法, 纠正办法
33.incorporate: vt.包含, 加上, 吸收;把…合并, 使并入;组成公司
absorb: 普通用词,词义广泛,既可指吸收光、热、液体等具体东西,又可指吸收知识等抽象概念的东西。
suck: 作“吸收”解时,可与absorb换用,但还可有“吮吸”之意。
digest: 侧重在消化道内改变食物的化学结构后被人体吸收。
incorporate: 指一物或多物与它物相融合,形成一整体。
34.democratically: adv. 民主地
35.purely: adv. 纯粹地;贞淑地;清洁地;完全地;仅仅,只不过
36.nefarious: adj. 极坏的;恶毒的
37.proponent: n. (某事业、理论等的)支持者,拥护者
38.cues: n. 开端,线索;球杆;提示,关键;诱因(cue的复数)
39.imperceptibly: adv. 无感觉地;感觉不到地;不知不觉地;极微地
40.rein: n. 缰绳;驾驭;统治;支配vt. 勒住;驾驭;控制vi. 勒住马
eg.Give free rein to your imagination.
你可以完全自由地运用你的想像力。
41.deride: v.treat or speak of with contempt(n.轻视,蔑视;耻辱)vt. 嘲笑;嘲弄
42.infantlism: n. 幼稚型,幼稚症
Day3-4 神词神句翻译+逻辑导图
神句
And the approach was less heavy-handed than imposing quotas fro poorer pupils, an option previous governments had considered.
政府之前考虑过要为贫困学生强制留出名额,相比之下,这一方式则缓和的多(less heavy-hand)。
If BIT did not save the government at least ten times its running cost, it was to be shut down after two years.
如果BIT不能为政府至少省下其运营成本10倍的话,就将在两年后关闭。
Many worried about the idea of bureaucrats being given free rein to shape behavior by imperceptibly tweaking government communications and environmental cues.
许多人担心:通过不易察觉的方式调整政府传播的信息和环境提示等于让官僚们拥有了操纵
行为的完全自由。
Free rein:行者无疆
As long as that choice is made in a transparent manner, and is subject to democratically elected politicians, nudging offers policymakers an alternative to both the nanny state and the unintelligent one; a middle way that he describes as “libertarian paternalism”.
只要以透明的方式做选择,且由民主选举的政治家负责,那么“助推”就能避免保姆式或无知式国家的极端;这种中间道路也被称作“自由主义家长制
神词组
Financial aid 助学金, 经济支持
Roll out the scheme:推出该机制
Roll out a new product/service
Spin out of....:从...剥离开来
Spin-off company衍生企业,指一个大公司把某一个部分剥离出去,使之成为一个独立的公司。
Pioneer the use of psychology to... 最先使用心理学来……
The very idea provoked objections 正是这一想法激起了抗议
Mass manipulation: 操纵大众,此处的mass指的是群众
Market manipulation:操纵市场
Gain ground 有所进展
IT-enabled business models will be useful as advances in technology continue to gain ground.
可代替progress , develop
Shape brand perception 塑造品牌印象/感知:指受众对品牌的看法
Brand image:品牌形象 Perception指的是受众的看法,而image则是主体
Mark the start of a global trend 标志着全球潮流的开端
Centrally directed policy initiatives 集中下令的政策
Set the desired outcome as the default 将希望实现的结果设为默认
Opt out 选择退出
Tackle corruption 解决腐败问题 tackle sth=deal with sth=handle sth
笃学奖-Topic3-A15061+serious man-Uband精读
"Nudge" is a brave idea, although it have its weakness, someone put the manner to deal it, so why not to try. This is a good start.
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