As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ship's power and limits its speed.
作為一個船舶技帥，科克雷爾在尋找解決波浪阻力的方法，因為波浪阻力浪費掉了船在水面行駛的大量動力，從而限制了船的速度。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 29 The hovercraft
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 令人難于忍受的;難堪的;令人厭煩的;
v. 試圖( try的現(xiàn)在分詞);試驗，嘗試;審訊;
?? try(考驗)+ing(形容詞后綴)→難堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
試圖重返歌壇的已經(jīng)上了年紀的流行音樂歌星
近義：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
n. 解決;溶解;溶液;答案;
?? solut松的+ion名詞后綴，構(gòu)成抽象名詞 → 溶解；解決
"He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction."
他通過一番簡單的推理得出了解決問題的方法。
近義：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
n. 問題;疑難問題;習題;引起麻煩的人;
adj. 成問題的;難處理的;關(guān)于社會問題的;
?? problem- 【希臘傳入拉丁】字面上表”向前拋的東西”也表問題
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他開動腦筋,想弄懂這個問題.
近義：headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反義：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
n. 抵抗;阻力;抗力;電阻;
?? re反+sist站立+ance名詞后綴→反抗；抵抗力
"As with all new ideas it met with resistance."
和所有的新觀念一樣，它受到了抵制。
近義：stamina, strength, guts, backbone, endurance, opposition
反義：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
n. 表面;外觀，外表;地面。水面;
vi. 浮出水面;在表面工作;顯露;
vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面;
adj. 表面的，外觀的;外表上的，平地上的;膚淺的;
?? sur超過，在上面+face臉面→表面
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
細菌一進入血液里，就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義：appear, arise, loom, materialize, outcrop, rise