热门词汇细解读（五）_时尚英语

热门词汇细解读（五）

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Shade：细微差别

　　Disney's profit of $698 million， or 33 cents a share， was a shade above Wall Street estimates and contrasts with the $537 million， or 26 cents， it earned a year earlier. Revenue in the period ended April 2 climbed 9% to $7.8 billion.

　　Ratification¹：批准，承认

　　Bahrain has its own agreement awaiting U.S. Congress ratification. Two other members of the six-state Gulf² Cooperation Council —— Oman and the United Arab Emirates —— have started talks on free trade deals with the U.S.

　　Repellent：驱虫剂

　　After years of promoting the chemical DEET as the best defense³ against West Nile-bearing mosquitoes， the government for the first time is recommending the use of two other insect repellents.

　　Thriller⁴：惊悚片

　　Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn's “The Interpreter” translated into solid box-office as the United Nations thriller debuted⁵ with $22.8 million to top the weekend for Hollywood.

　　Peck：啄，轻吻

　　The “MareNostrum，” built by IBM Corp.， boasts 40 teraflops of speed. It can make more calculations in one second than a human pecking at a calculator could make in 10 million years.

　　Buyout：全部买下

　　Shares in Lenovo Group， the largest Chinese maker⁶ of personal computers， rose Thursday after three buyout funds bought a stake in the company for $350 million.

　　Oust⁷：驱逐，罢黜

　　Mr Hurd， currently head of smaller US computer services group NCR， will replace Carly Fiorina， who was ousted⁸ from HP in February. HP's shares closed up 8.1% in Tuesday trading in New York， following initial speculation⁹ of Mr Hurd's appointment.

　　Realism：真实性，逼真度

　　A judge has ordered Sony Corp. to pay $90.7 million to a company that develops technology that enhances video game realism but immediately stayed an order that would halt U.S. sales of Sony's popular PlayStation consoles.

　　Epizootic：家畜流行病

　　The report said the State Emergency Veterinary and Anti-Epizootic Committee was working on the problem， reporting outbreaks in “a few” locations， including the Hadang Chicken Farm， one of Pyongyang's largest.

　　Capsize：倾覆

　　Bernard Ebbers， the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom， was convicted Tuesday of engineering the largest corporate¹⁰ fraud in U.S. history - an $11 billion accounting¹¹ scandal that capsized the big telecom company three years ago.

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1 ratification
n.批准，认可
参考例句：
The treaty is awaiting ratification.条约正等待批准。 The treaty is subject to ratification.此条约经批准后才能生效。

2 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 thriller
n.惊险片，恐怖片
参考例句：
He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。 I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

5 debuted
初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。 The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

6 maker
n.制造者，制造商
参考例句：
He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。 A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

7 oust
vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐
参考例句：
The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。 The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

8 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )；革职；罢黜；剥夺
参考例句：
He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。 He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

9 speculation
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。 There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

10 corporate
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
参考例句：
This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。 His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

11 accounting
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
参考例句：
A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。 There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

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