1. be on sb.: 由某人付账,由某人请客。常用的表达有on the house, 即由店家出钱, 免费。
This barbecued chicken is on the house.
这烧烤鸡是餐厅免费赠送的。
The drinks were on the house.
饮料免费供应。
2. dock:【航空】使(宇宙飞行器)在外层空间会合
3. deploy:v. 部署,展开,配置
Artillery was deployed in the west.
炮兵部署在西边。
It is a job in which a variety of professional skills will be deployed.
这是一项需要施展很多专业技能的工作。
We should deploy our resources effectively.
我们应该有效配置我们的资源。
4. ZeroGravity:飞行时之失重状态
5. disposal:n. 处理
动词形式为dispose,清除,处理掉,解决
His job is to dispose of the rubbish every night.
他的工作是每晚清除垃圾。
I want to dispose of these old books.
我想处理掉这些旧书。
其形容词形式为disposable adj. 可任意处理的,一次性的
These medical cotton balls are all disposable.
这些医用棉球仅限于一次性使用。
It is more hygienic to use disposable paper tissues.
使用一次性餐巾纸更为卫生。
6. get over:1) 克服
She can't get over her shyness.
她无法克服她的羞怯心理。
2) 从(疾病、失望、震惊等)中恢复过来
She seemed to get over the death of her husband in no time.
她好像很快就从失去丈夫的哀伤中恢复过来。
He'll get over the shock.
他会从惊恐中恢复过来的。
3) 把...忘怀
He never got over losing his first girlfriend.
失去第一任女友一直不能叫他忘怀。
4) 熬过
I'm glad to get my operation over.
熬到了手术结束,我很高兴。
7. thanks to:幸亏
thanks to为习语介词,thanks不可以改为thank you,to后也不接动词原形,这个短语表示原因,意为“由于”、“多亏”,to表示感谢的对象。如:
Thanks to the English language,we can learn a lotfrom other countries.
由于英语这门语言,我们能从其它国家学到很多东西。
8. Star Trek:星际迷航
9. cardinal:基数
10. euphemism:委婉语