Day8
1.Turn sth upside down
a)to make a place very untidy when you are looking for something
b)to cause a lot of change and confusion in a situation or in someone's life
The burglars have turned our house upside down.
The chairs were placed upside down on the tables.
2.Anathema
something that is completely the opposite of what you believe in
His political viewswere anathema tome.
【记】1）原指：逐出教门（正式的宗教禁令、诅咒或逐出教门）2）ana错，them他们，a啊－他们错了啊－所以要诅咒他们3）ana反对，the神，ma妈：反对神的妈妈就会受到－诅咒
【类】anathema:curse＝theocracy:stateanathema是神的诅咒＝theocracy是神权政权（范畴一致）
【反】panegyric（n 颂词）；blessing（n 祝福）"
3.Incumbent
someone who has been elected to an official position, especially in politics, and who is doing that job at the present time
A word of caution must be mentioned to theincumbentprogram manager.
it is incumbent upon/on sb to do sth=it is your duty or responsibility to do it
It is incumbent upon parents to control what their children watch on TV.
4.Pricey
If you say that something is pricey, you mean that it is expensive.
This restaurant is a bitpriceyfor me.
5.Perennial
continuing or existing for a long time, or happening again and again
Lack of resources has been aperennial problemsince the beginning.
Teddy bears are aperennial favoritewith children
theperennialshortage of capital资金的长期短缺
perennialplants. 多年生植物
6.Glut
a supply of something, especially a product or crop, that is more than is needed
a glut of oil on the world market
If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used. 供过于求；供应过剩
Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market.
同义词:abundance, excess, plenty,superfluity, surplus.
7.Starkly
very plain in appearance, with little or no colour or decoration
In the cold dawn light, the castle looked stark and forbidding.
the stark beauty of New Mexico
unpleasantly clear and impossible to avoid
The extreme poverty of the local people is instark contrastto the wealth of the tourists.
We are faced with a stark choice.
8.Disruptive
causing problems and preventing something from continuing in its usual way
Night work can be verydisruptive tohome life.
Mike's parents thought I wasa disruptive influence(=a person who causes disruption) .
A fewdisruptivestudents can easily ruin a class. 爱捣乱的学生
9.Intermittent
an intermittent fault in a machine.机器的间歇性故障。
同义词: irregular,occasional,periodic, recurrent, sporadic.
In the daytimeintermittentrains freshened all the earth.
sporadic distribution 不规则分布
10.Doldrums
a)if an industry, company, activity etc is in the doldrums, it is not doing well or developing
in the doldrums
The property market has beenin the doldrumsfor months.
Recenteconomic doldrumshave damaged the rural west.
Despite these measures, the economy remains in the doldrums.
b)if you are in the doldrums, you are feeling sad
He's been in the doldrums ever since she left him.
11. Diesel
an internal-combustion内燃机 engine that burns heavy oil
12.Be insulated from
We are not insulated from the real world the way we were.
Children should be carefully insulated from harmful experiences
13.Subsidyfosterdeployment of renewables; renewablesdepresspower prices, increasing the need for financial support. 这两个动词用的好妙！
14.Penetration ----Penetrate
Explorers penetrated deep into unknown regions.
A shrill cry penetrated the silence.
He penetrated their thoughts.
15.Cannibalize
if one of a company's products cannibalizes another, it takes sales away from it 互相残杀，调配人员
Coke then believed that selling a diet soda under the Coke label wouldcannibalizeCoke's sales.
cannibal tribe食人部落
16.shy away
If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
We frequentlyshy away frommaking decisions.
Alan doesn'tshy away from controversy.
同义：shun from....retreated from...
17.Incipient
starting to happen or exist
She felt for him anincipienttenderness, but scarcely any passion.
Detectingincipienttumors
同义：initial ,rudimentary
18.Precipitous
dangerously high or steep,very sudden
a precipitous declinein stock prices/ one’s health
a precipitous marriage
The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.
同义词:abrupt, perpendicular, sharp, sheer, steep,vertical.
19. bolster
to help someone to feel better and more positive,to improve something靠枕cushion,支持
Britain is free to adopt policies tobolster its economy.
bolsterup someone's pride
20.Nibble away好生动！描写一点一点侵蚀,蚕食decay，erode，erosion
Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.
His teeth having all dropped out, he could only nibble away at his food
These high levels of inequalityerodesocial cohesion in the region.
The sea haveerodethe cliff face over the years
21. unabated
continuing without becoming any weaker or less violent
The stormcontinued unabatedthroughout the night.
his unabated ambition
The fighting has continued unabated for over 24 hours.
同义词undiminished,unexhausted,unextinguished,unfaded,unflagging,unmitigated
22.Wholesale
the business of selling goods in large quantities at low prices to other businesses, rather than to the general public
→对应retail
wholesale prices批发价----retail price 零售价
23. Buck the trend抵抗这种趋势
to oppose something in a direct way
He was a rebel who continuallybuckedthesystem(=opposed rules or authority) .
Unemployment in the area hasbuckedthe nationaltrendby falling over the last month.
buck against
Initially he had bucked against her restraints.
Upheaval 大变革
Moving house is amajor upheaval.
political upheaval
Day9
Day10
Net metering 该政策是一种电价结算政策，要求电力公司以一定的价格从安装了可再生能源发电技术的用户买回多余的电力，或者从消费者总账单上扣除用可再生能源发电数量。
Feed-in Tariff 该政策可以保证可再生能源的开发商以特定的价格出售电力，同时要求电力公司必须购买。
从实施方法上说，他们不是不是一回事儿。
区别在于：
Net metering是补贴的价钱可以说就是正常的公用电价，当然这种情况只是发生在你使用了太阳能发电而且在一定时期内使用的电量没有超过太阳能发电的量才有补贴，如果超过了，那么从你使用的电量中扣除相应的太阳能产生的电量，在公用电费高的国家是比较划算的，比如发达国家，在发展中国家，可以说几乎不可能实现，因为这是亏本的买卖。
Feed-in Tariff则是国家强制规定了，电力公司必须购买用户安装的太阳能电板产生的电量，而且是高价收购，用户自己使用的电量照常按照普通民用电价付费，所以这个政策对上网安装用户是很划算的，很多太阳能电站以此盈利。
选择新能源和旧能源就类似是选择买车还是打车
新能源：起价高，但是一次性付完费就省心了，不仅不需要交打车的钱了，而且要是自己家的车不用时还能提供顺风车服务赚钱
旧能源：一直得花钱打车，结果顺风车出来后抢了好多正常出租车的生意，因为顺风车生意（新能源）更便宜
结果新能源的价格优势降低了整个市场的行情，没利润了，自然投资者也不愿意去投资
还有很多新旧能源之间衔接的技术问题，比如白天晚上供电量不均衡需要大容量存电设备，再比如电网得升级换代，要既能给用户提供电，还能使个人家太阳能产电多时可以倒买回电网，而要这么做的话电力公司还要进一步让利于个人，本来就赚不多，这还能存活么，但要是全军覆没了，有个什么特殊情况阴天无风政府还没法处理，政府也很为难，一方面投资支持新能源环保，另外也得扶着旧能源，所以不能把旧能源全取缔
blabla....反正是恶性循环
Day11拓展阅读
1.Very much the exception, not the rule rule这里是常规的，常见的
2.uaccount for = take up
keep up! way to go!加油哦！目标快实现了！
it goes a long way to...+n/动名词，to achieving you purpose.对大目标很有效
3.to date至今，至今为止
4.per-周围的，周边的
peripheral
formalnot as important as other things or people in a particular activity, idea, or situation次要的
a diplomat who hada peripheral rolein the negotiations
Her involvement in the case was peripheral.
peripheral to
The romanceis peripheral tothe main plot of the movie.
formalin the outer area of something, or relating to this area外围的
the city's peripheral suburbs
the peripheral nervous system
5. far-fetched牵强的，未必会的;不着边际;
The storyline was too far-fetched and none of the actors was particularly good.故事情节太离谱，演员表演也没有出彩的。
6. Hitch
There is $20trn hitch有个市值20万亿的缺口
a small problem that makes something difficult or delays it for a short time
technical/slight/last-minute hitch
In spite of some technical hitches, the first program was a success.
The whole showwent without a hitch.
7. Smog-belching power plant belch打嗝，好形象的说那些喷吐着黑烟的工厂、机器
8. Put the brake on ....停止..对…加以延缓，缩减，限制
The goverment put the brake on all over our plans by giving us less money.
政府通过减少拨款的办法来阻挠我们所有计划的实施.
9. Cut back减少;裁剪
Subsidies are cut back.
We must cut back on expenditure in order to remain solvent.我们应减少开支,以备急用.
10. Prime the pumpfor new
to encourage a business, industry, or activity to develop by putting money or effort into it
11.Falter
同义：stagnate,stumble
to become weaker and unable to continue in an effective way
The economy is showingsigns of faltering.My mother's grip upon the household neverfaltered.
to speak in a voice that sounds weak and uncertain, and keeps stopping
Laurie'svoice falteredas she tried to thank him.
'I can't,' she faltered.声音颤抖
to become less certain and determined that you want to do something
We must not falter in our resolve.犹豫，动摇
to stop walking or to walk in an unsteady way because you suddenly feel weak or afraid
She faltered for a moment.蹒跚
12. stall
if an engine or vehicle stalls, or if you stall it, it stops because there is not enough power or speed to keep it going
The car kept stalling.
An inexperienced pilot may easily stall a plane.
to stop making progress or developing
The peace process remained stalled.
While his career has stalled, hers has taken off.
13. Smooth out(解决...问题)
We will be able to smooth out our differences.我们一定能消除我们之间的分歧
Smart batteries in those vehicles would be among the resources used to store electricity at times of low demand and release it during peaks, helping and release it during peaks, helping tosmooth outthe supply across the day.在用电低峰储存电力，高峰时释放储存的电，用来拉小极差（好形象，把上颤下动的波图抚平）
14. Negligible
too slight or unimportant to have any effect
The damage done to his property was negligible.
可以忽略的;微不足道的;无足轻重的;不足轻重;
In comparison with the disastrous damage made by the earthquake, my personal loss is negligible.
15. Curtail
to reduce or limit something缩短; 剥夺（特权，官衔等）; 削减;
The new law will curtail police powers.
severely/drastically curtail
Budget cuts have drastically curtailed training programs.
curtail government expenditure削减政府开支
16. Corollary
something that is the direct result of something else推论出来的必然结果
corollary of/to
Is social inequality the inevitable corollary of economic freedom?
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