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irrational
不合理的；荒谬的
She was prey to irrational fears.
非理性的恐惧折磨着她。
jerk
痉挛；猛拉
He jerked out the knife that was stuck in the wood.
他猛然抽出卡在木头上的小刀。
junction
接合；交叉点
The hydro-power station stands at the junction of two rivers.
水力发电站建在两条河流的交汇处。
leaflet
传单
He was standing at the door of the theatre handing out leaflets.
他站在电影院门口，发传单。
legislator
立法者
Most of the legislators followed the lead of the governor.
大多数的立法者听命于政府领导。
liability
责任；债务
If your liabilities exceed your assets, you may go bankrupt.
如果你的债务超过你的资产，那么你可能会破产。
linear
线型的
The linear equation is so difficult that few pupils have worked it out.
线性方程很难，几乎没有学生能解。
literal
文字的；逐字
The literal meaning of "ponder" is to "weight".
这个单词的字面意思是“重量”。
luminous
发光的；明亮的
The hands on my alarm clock are luminous.
手放在我的闹钟上，可以发光。
malpractice
玩忽职守；不法行为
Various malpractice by police officer are brought to light by the enquiry.
警察的各种渎职行为经调查已揭露出来。
mastery
掌握；精通
Her mastery of the piano was quite exceptional for a child of her age.
她精通钢琴，这一点是她这个年纪的孩子很少见。
Medicare
医疗保险
The Medicare cost is estimated to be one billion dollars.
老年医疗保健费用估计为十亿元。
merge
合并；融合
The two marching columns moved closer and finally merged together.
这两个游行纵队越走越近，最终合并在一起。
methodology
方法学，方法论
The intent of the new Harvard Center on Media and Child Health to collect and standardize studies of media violence in order to compare their methodologies, assumptions and conclusions is an important step in the right direction.
哈佛大学成立了新的媒体和儿童健康中心，通过收集和规范媒体暴力的研究，比较他们的方法、假设和结论，这是朝着正确方向迈出的重要一步。
miniature
微型的，小规模的
In the museum there is a miniature of the ship Mayflower.
在博物馆里有一个“五月花号”船的微缩模型。
minimize/ise
最小化
The explorers tried their best to minimize the dangers of their trip.
探险者们竭尽全力来减少他们在旅行中碰到的危险。
mountainous
多山的；巨大的
The plane flew over mountainous country.
飞机飞过多山的国家。
mourn
哀悼；忧伤
The whole nation mourned the death of a much-loved king.
整个民族为这位深受爱戴的国王的死而悲叹。
multicultural
多种文化的
This country has previously witnessed two great struggles to achieve a truly multicultural democracy.
这个国家曾目睹了实现一个真正的多元文化民主的两大努力。
naive
天真的，幼稚的
You weren't so naive as to believe him, were you?
你不会轻易相信他，对吗？
notable
显著的；著名的
The novelist's first book was a notable achievement.
小说家的第一本书是一个显著的成就。
nutrition
营养；营养品
Instant noodles do not have enough nutrition, so people just consider them as junk food.
方便面没有足够的营养，因此人们只是把它们看作是垃圾食品。
obedient
顺从的，服从的
He is an obedient and well behaved child.
他是个顺从的，循规蹈矩的孩子。
obesity
肥大，肥胖
A diet that is high in fat and sugar can lead to obesity.
高脂肪，高糖的饮食可能会导致肥胖。
oppress
压迫，压抑
The rich oppress the masses by their control of the political and judicial system.
富人通过政治和司法制度在欺压老百姓。
optic
光学的；视觉的
IBM has produced electro-optic modulators 100 to 1,000 times smaller than comparable silicon photonics modulators.
IBM公司已经生产了比同类硅光子学调节器小100到1000倍的电光调制器。
