One wonders also why Nature, with some snakes, concocted poison of such extreme potency.
然而,在脊椎動物中,大自然神秘模測地只選擇了蛇(還有一種蜥蜴),人們弄不清楚大自然為什么在某些蛇的身上調制出如此高效的毒液來。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 20 Snake poison
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 自然;天性;天理;類型;
?? nat出生的+ure狀態→出生狀態→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
n. 毒藥;酒;極糟的食物;極有害的思想(或心情等);
vt. 毒死;污染;放毒于;對…有不良影響;
adj. 有毒的;
"Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants."
有些人在植物上噴撒毒劑以殺死花園內的昆蟲.
近義:intoxicate, empoison, envenom, evenom, rankle, sour
反義:detoxicate, detoxify, hush, appease, lull, assuage
adj. 極端的,過激的;極限的,非常的;末端的;(政治上)急進的;
n. 極端;困境;[數]極限值;[常用復數]在兩末端的事物;
?? 外面(ex)打傘(t)的阿姨(re)對我(me)是 極端的
"You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog."
在霧中開車要極為小心.
近義:ultimate, terminal, end, plethora, surplus, exaggeration
反義:lean, levelheaded, measured, modest, abstemious, abstentious
n. 效力;潛能;權勢;(男人的)性交能力;
"Alcohol increases the drug's potency."
酒精能增加這種毒品的效力.
近義:power, strength
反義:puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility