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Adrian，你一定饿了吧。
-Adrian: I'm famished. How are you, Aparna?
我要饿死了，你还好吗？Aparna。
-Aparna: I made that fish curry you love.
我做了你最爱吃的咖喱鱼。——《2012世界末日》
famished: 极饥饿的
When's lunch? I'm famished!
什么时候吃午饭? 我都快饿死了！
He was so famished that golden sparks danced before his eyes.
他饿得眼前直冒金星。
All of the refugees looked famished.
难民个个面有菜色。
-Adrian: Your message said that .The count doubled after the last solar eruptions.
你之前来信说了，在太阳风暴之后它们的数量增长为两倍。
-Satnam: That was last week. But this happened two days ago. The biggest solar eruptions in human history.
那是上周的事，这是两天前发生的，人类历史上最大的一次太阳风暴。
——《2012世界末日》
solar: 太阳的，太阳能的，与太阳有关的
The sun is the center of our solar system.
太阳是太阳系的中心
The solar cell can convert the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
太阳能电池能把阳光的能量转化为电能。
erupt: 爆发，喷发，激增
Violence has erupted on the streets.
大街上突然发生了暴乱。
An active volcano may erupt at any time.
活火山随时可能喷发。
The wisdom of Chinese people will erupt like a volcano.
中国人的智慧就会象火山一样释放出来。
-Mr President: Mr Macaraca wishes to have his interpreters present.
Macaraca先生希望他的翻译可以在场。
-Thomas: Mr President, I can assure you, Your English is more than sufficient for what I have to say.
总统先生，我可以向你保证，你绝对可以听懂我说的话。——《2012世界末日》
sufficient: 足够的；充分的
The money I have saved is sufficient for buying a car.
我所存的钱足以买一辆汽车。
We must work hard, but equally we must get sufficient rest.
我们必须努力工作,但同时也要有充分的休息。
-Thomas: Six months ago, I was made aware of a situation so devastating. That at first I refused to believe it.
半年前，我得知了一个震惊的消息，起初，我甚至拒绝相信。
However, through the concerted efforts of our brightest scientists, we have confirmed its validity. The world as we know it will soon come to an end.
然而在我们最杰出的科学家们的共同努力下，我们确认了它的真实性，我们所熟知的世界就要走向尽头了。——《2012世界末日》
devastating: 毁灭性的，破坏性的，惊人的
A smouldering cigarette can kindle a devastating bushfire.
闷燃着的香烟会引起毁灭性的林区大火。
The area is subject to devastating seasonal winds.
这个地区常遭破坏性季风的袭击。
We were all shocked by the devastating news.
我们因为这个令人震惊的消息都吓坏了。
