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| 文章出处： 发布时间：2006-06-16 |
provincial a. ①省的．区域的[生] a．②(贬)眼光狭隘的，守旧的，迂腐的
What does “national” mean? Roy Romanow and Senator Michael Kirby recommended a federal-provincial(a.) body much like the recently created National Health Council．[2005年阅读]
[译文]全国性指什么?罗曼诺先生和科比议员的建议是，像近来创立的国家健康咨询中心那样，是一个各省联邦的实体。
psychoactive a．作用于精神的，影响(或改变)心理状态的
Psychoactive(a.) substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulants，depressants，or hallucinogens．[1997年阅读]
[译文]影响精神状态的物质通常分为兴奋剂、镇静剂和迷幻剂。
prefrontal a．额叶前部的，前额的
But not all parts of the brain are equally involved；[he limbic system (the“emotional brain”)is especially active, while the prefrontal (a.) cortex(the center of intellect and reasoning) is relatively quiet．[2005年阅读]
[译文]但并不是所有大脑的部位都参与活动；控制情绪的大脑部位异常活跃，然而控制智力和理性的大脑部位却相对平静。
pushing a．有进取心的，急切的
What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams，as easily and openly as once they could，lest they be thought pashing (a．)，acquisitive and vulgar．[2000年阅读]
[译文]现在的情况是人们不能像以前那样轻易地、公开地坦陈自己的梦想，惟恐别人认为自己爱出风头、贪婪、庸俗不堪。
pipeline n．管道，传递途径
Rumor has it that more than 20 books on creationism／evolution are in the publisher's pipelines(n.)．A few have already appeared．[1996年阅读]
[译文]有传言说，有20多本关于创世纪论与进化论之争的书即将出版，有几本已经面世了。
pointless a．无意义的
Misled people tend to think that using an animal in research is_______．
[D]pointless (a.) and wasteful[2003年阅读]
[译文]被误导的人们往往认为：在研究中使用 动物 _______。
[D]没有意义、纯属浪费
populace n．平民
Specialists (48：in) history and economics，have (49：shown) two things：that the period from 1650 to 1750 was (50：marked) by great poverty，and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace (n．)．[1998年完形]
[译文]历史和经济方面的专家们已经证明了两点：第一，极端贫困是1650年至1750年这段时期的标志；第二，工业化肯定没有使大多数民众的生活状况恶化。或许，正是工业化才真正改善了大多数平民的生活状况。
populist a．大众化的
From the beginning of our history，says Hofstadter，our democratic and populist (n.) urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism．[2004年阅读]
[译文]霍夫斯塔特说：自我们的历史之初，我们对民主化和大众化的渴望就驱使我们排斥任何带有精英优越论味道的东西。
practicable a．能实行的，行得通的，可以实行的
Everybody gets ideas，but innovators work consciously on theirs，and they follow them through until they prove practicable (a.) or otherwise．[1994年阅读]
[译文]每一个人都有想法，但创新者会自觉地钻研他的想法，并不懈努力直到证明想法切实可行或不可行。
preconception n．预想，偏见
Some，however，are less reasonable processes of different growth in which preconception of the form scientific theory ought to take，by persons in authority，act to alter the growth pattern of different areas．[1996年翻译]
[译文]然而，在不同的发展过程中，有些不怎么合理一在这些发展过程中，一些权威人士对科学研究应该采取的方式有偏见，从而改变了不同科学领域的发展模式。
preoccupation n．当务之急
If the preoccupation (n.) of schools with academic work was lessened，more time might be spent teaching children surer values．[1995年阅读]
[译文]如果学校对学业的强调减少一些，也许就有更多的时间教孩子更重要的价值观念。
presumptively ad．据推测
He says medical licensing boards “must make it clear…that painful deaths are presumptively (ad.) ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension．”[2002年阅读]
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