托福词汇中常见的熟词僻意（二）

1. panel
熟义：n.仪表板，面板
僻义：n.专家小组
The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.
最近的行动是由白宫召集了一批来自国家科学院的专家团，他们告诉我们，地球气候毫无疑问正在变暖，而这个问题主要是人为造成的。
2. keep
熟义：v.保持
僻义：n.生计
Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.
当然公开来源的谍报活动的确有它的风险，因为很难区分正确与错误的信息。这正是Straitford公司赚得生计的地方。
3. promise
熟义：v./n.承诺
僻义：n.有希望，有前途(promising: (形)有希望的，有前途的)
Hofstadter says our country's educational system is in the grips of people who" joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise."
Hofstadter说，掌握我们国家教育体系的人“沾沾自喜地、霸气十足地公然宣称敌视才学，迫不及待地认同那些看来在才学方面最无前途的孩子。”
4. buy
熟义：v.购买
僻义：v.听信，认同
Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades, some 10 million smokers went to early graves.
许多美国人相信了这些胡言乱语，在三十多年中，差不多有一千万烟民早早的进了坟墓。
5. catch
熟义：v.抓住
僻义：n.捕获，捕获量
That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.
这意味着可以捕获更多的海洋生物，所以现在和过去的真正差距可能会比之前在捕获区记录的数据所体现出的更糟糕。
6. game
熟义：n.游戏,比赛
僻义：n.猎物
The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to
extinction.
但大部分的，成长缓慢的动物则成了狩猎的目标，并且很快被狩猎到灭绝。
7. slip
熟义：v.滑倒
僻义：n.纸片
Nowa pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.
如今，一份解雇通知书、一个不利的诊断结果或者配偶的去世都可能在几个月之内将一个家庭从稳定的中产阶层家庭降格成为一个新贫困家庭。
8. tap
熟义：v.轻拍，n. 水龙头，栓头
僻义：v.开发
In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolvedaround efforts to tap the consumer market.
大约在网上交易的第一年当中，大部分业务活动都是围绕着努力开发消费者市场来进行的。
9. ground
熟义：n.地面
僻义：n.根据，依据(on the ground that…)
Rail roads justify rate discrimination against captive shippers on therounds that in the long run it reduces everyone's cost.
铁路公司对“被控”客户进行区别对待的依据是，从长远来看，这样做会降低所有人的成本。
10. lean
熟义：v.倚靠, 倾斜
僻义：adj.瘦的, 贫乏的, 歉收的
They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)—lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre.
消瘦、率直、专注的脸庞，穿着牛仔裤和便鞋，吃着小圆面包，在剧场外的石板上过夜。

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