#2500_GRE词汇

A ladder fern springs from a crack in the 1979 lava flows from Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. （1979年，夏威夷大岛上蕨类植物生长在基拉韦厄火山所流出的阶梯形的岩浆上。）

A staple part of the vegetarian dino-diet was probably horsetails, fern-like plants that were abundant in prehistoric swamps and highly nutritious, said the scientists. （科学家说，食草恐龙的主要食物大概是楔叶类、类似于蕨类的植物。 这些植物在史前的沼泽地带十分丰富，而且很有营养。）

But then again, so does asparagus. （但话又说回来，芦笋也是如此。）

It is right at the drip line of the tree. So when it rains, all the rain drips down right on the asparagus. （它们刚好种在大树的滴水线下，所以每当下雨的时候，所有雨滴都刚好落在芦笋上。）

Memories of the first asparagus and carrots he ate from a garden years before led him to start growing produce on the roof of his landmarked brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn, six or seven years ago. （记忆的六，七年前第一次在菜园里吃芦笋和胡萝卜的经验，带领他开始在屋顶上种菜，他在地标式的赤褐色砂石房子位于布鲁克林区的公园斜坡 。）

Red squirrels cut conifer cones from trees and bury them in plant litter on the forest floor. （红松鼠会将针叶树上的果实割下来，然后埋在森林地面的落叶中。）

To get annual temperatures, they measured rings in high-altitude conifer trees, which grow faster in warmer summers and slower in colder years. （为了得出每年的气温值，他们对生长在高海拔地区的针叶树的年轮进行测量，这种树木在炎烈的夏天生长得比较快，而在寒冷的年份就长得比较慢。）

The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper. （高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人。）

A saguaro cactus stands tall amid a frenzy of lightning bolts in Arizona. （亚利桑那州，一株巨人柱仙人掌矗立在一团狂暴的闪电中。）

The cactus… well, that will have to languish in the bathroom until next Spring. （仙人掌……，在春天到来前都应该把它放在浴室里。）

First an acorn; then an oak tree forest. （先有一颗橡子，然后有了一片橡树森林。）

For example, the bridal rose symbolizes happiness, the oak and the acorn symbolize endurance ... and we have a long list. （例如，新娘玫瑰象征着幸福，橡树和橡子象征着耐力...我们有长长的名单。）

It is active in under- and postgraduate training in the fields of botany, mycology , and plant physiology. （该所积极参于植物学，真菌学，和植物生理学领域的本科生和研究生训练。）

The Fifth Workshop was attended by some 35 participants , drawn from among food mycology and related disciplines around the world. （大约35个参加者参加了第5 间工场，从全世界的食品真菌学和有关的学科之中汲取。）

His observations of fungi in their natural habitat and his methods of culturing them enabled him to work out their developemt and life cycles, thus laying down the foundations of modern mycology . （他在真菌的天然栖息地观察真菌，并通过培养真菌的方法来获得有关它们发育和生活史的相关知识，继而建立了现代真菌学的基础。）

“You have to be an optimist to be an inventor or entrepreneur, ” he concludes. （要成为一位发明家或企业家，你必须得是个乐天派。）

If any of you end up being entrepreneur, which I hope you will be, what do you have in store for yourself, and what does that journey look like? （如果你们当中任何一个人成了企业家，这也是我希望你们做到的，你自己会有什么样的储备，那样的一段旅程又将是什么样的？）

How would you define personal growth as an entrepreneur? （你会如何定义,一个企业家的个人成长？）

We’ve been pals since we were at school. （我们上学的时候就是好朋友。）

an old pal （老朋友）

She took me to the bleachers in Fenway Park to watch Ted Williams play left field for the Boston Red Sox. （她载我到芬威公园的露天看台去看特德威廉姆斯在波斯顿红袜队打左路。）

After computer printers and duffle bags had been carried to dorm rooms, everyone gathered in the gymnasium, students on one side of the bleachers, parents on the other. （电脑打印机和行李包都运进了宿舍之后，所有人都到学校的体育馆集合，学生在露天看台的一侧，家长们在另一侧。）

Lassa fever is diagnosed by detection of Lassa antigen, anti-Lassa antibodies, or virus isolation techniques. （拉沙热通过发现拉沙抗原、抗拉沙抗体或病毒分离技术进行诊断。）

Scientists have recently discovered they can reduce the amount of antigen used to produce pandemic influenza vaccines by using water-in-oil substances that enhance the immune response. （科学家最近发现，如果使用油包水型物质来强化免疫反应，生产大流行性流感疫苗所使用的抗原量就可以减少。）

The canyon is famous for producing echoes. （这个峡谷以回声而闻名。）

The grand canyon was not dug by the hand of man, but riven by nature. （大峡谷并非人力所开而是受大自然之力而成的。）

We made our way up the fixed rope and then down into a deeper third canyon. （我们沿着固定的绳索前进，然后到达了一个更深的峡谷，这已经是第三个了。）

He was demoted to the rank of corporal. （他被降为下士。）

He was advanced to the rank of corporal. （他被提升为下士。）

As punishment,the corporal was demoted to private. （作为惩罚，这下士被降为士兵。）

A registered dietitian can give you lots of other snack and menu ideas. （你的营养学家会提供给你一份含各种小食的建议菜单。）

Speak with your physician or dietitian about making sure you are getting adequate nutrients while pregnant and nursing. （与你的医生或营养学家谈谈，确定在怀孕和哺乳期间，你获取了足够的营养物质。）

But those astronaut-designed menus must be checked by a dietitian to ensure the astronauts consume a balanced supply of nutrients. （但是那些由宇航员自己设计的菜单必须由一位营养学家检查，以确保宇航员营养供给平衡。）

He might have been called the invulnerable dwarf of the fray. （可以说，他是混战中的一个无懈可击的侏儒。）

A beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of the circus performers who is also a dwarf, but his friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. （一位漂亮的吊杠艺术家同意与马戏团的领导也是一位侏儒演员结婚，但是他的朋友发现，她之所以想与之结婚的原因是为了他的财产。）

The only other known example of such an oddly angled orbit was Pluto, until its demotion to dwarf planet status. （唯一的另一个已知的以如此奇怪的角度运行的例子是冥王星，直到它降级为矮行星。）

The money will be used for teacher training schemes. （这笔钱将用于教师培训计划。）

a pension scheme （退休金计划）

His writing is full of sexual innuendoes. （他的作品充满了挑逗性的语言。）

a campaign based on rumour, innuendo, and gossip （以谣言、影射和流言蜚语为内容的宣传活动）

She called him on his haughtiness. （她责备他傲慢无礼。）

Don't remember how to start, just remember in others in the laughter of my haughtiness of paint on words. （不记得怎么开始，只记得在别人的笑声中我的傲慢中画上句话。）

My parents laughed at my haughtiness. （我父母笑我太傲慢固执。）