retirement[ri'tai?rm?nt]n。 退休,退職,退役
例句 The army provided a means of personal advancement for auxiliary soldiers recruited from the natives; just as a man obtained hereditary Roman citizenship on retirement after service in an auxiliary regiment。 軍隊提供了一個方法,可以促使那些在當地招募的後備士兵進步,正像在後備軍團服役的人退休時被授予羅馬公民身份。
rudimentary[?ru:di'mentri]a。 基本的;初步的;未充分發展的;退化的
例句 1。 He received rudimentary village schooling; and mostly he roamed his uncle's farm and collected fossils that were so abundant in hills。 他只接受了最基本的鄉村教育,大部分時間他都在他叔叔的農場裡閒逛,收集在山上極為常見的化石。
2。 Many animals are capable of using objects in the natural environment as rudimentary tools。 很多動物能夠把自然界的物體當做基本工具使用。
scale[skeil]n。 規模;比例 v。 攀登
搭配 on a large scale 大規模地;in scale 成比例;相稱
例句 1。 The sheer scale of the investment is necessary to begin mercial expansion at sea。 為了擴充套件海上業務,大規模的投資是必要的。
2。 These records indicate that temperature variations can occur on a global scale; and that the pattern of temperature variations in regional climates can differ from each other。 這些記錄表明,溫度變化可以在全球範圍內發生,而且這些發生在不同氣候地區的溫度變化模式也各不相同。
要點 scale不僅僅可以用來表示“規模”,同樣可以表示“攀登”,但在文中常見的是scale作為名詞表示“規模”的用法。
schedule['ske?u:l]n。 時刻表,日程表
搭配 ahead of schedule 提前
例句 This mismatch between external time cues and internal schedules may result in the disorienting effects and it may persist for several days or weeks just like our jet lag until certain cues occur。 這種外界時間訊號和內部設定的不匹配會導致眩暈,而且這種眩暈可能會持續幾天或幾周,就像