Hamper (pp. & pt. tackled)
vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；使困累
n.（有盖的）大篮子；阻碍物，足械；[航]船具

The bad weather hampered rescue operations...
恶劣的天气阻碍了救援工作的进行。
That may hamper his efforts to run for president.
这可能会对他竞选总统造成一些妨碍。

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Interact (pp. & pt. interacted)
v.相互作用；互相影响；互动

While the other children interacted and played together, Ted ignored them.
当别的孩子相互交流、一起玩耍的时候，泰德对他们不予理睬。
This can sometimes lead to somewhat superficial interactions with other people.
这有时可能会导致与他人的交往流于肤浅。
Millions of people want new, simplified ways of interacting with a computer...
数以百万计的人们想要新的简化方式实现人机交互。
Atoms within the fluid interact with the minerals that form the grains.
液体中的原子与形成颗粒的矿物质相互作用。

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Magnitude
n.巨大，广大；重大，重要；量级；（地震）级数

No one seems to realise the magnitude of this problem.
似乎没有人意识到这个问题的严重性。
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had a magnitude of 8.3.
1906年旧金山地震的震级为8。3级。
America and Russia do not face a problem of the same order of magnitude as Japan.
美俄两国所面临问题的重要性与日本的不可同日而语。
The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
如果按8个数量级来看，延时量会显得小一些。

剧情百科

John的婚前生活，无论是以前的军事生活，还是后来回国治疗遇上无解的Sherlock的侦探生活。John都是在紧张，刺激和危险状态下生活。回到平静生活反而令他有点不习惯，所以对于邻居的请求一方面是套近乎，另一方面也是因为John的本能，想找点危险的事做。

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Visitors are shown spacious rooms with wood panels and _____ paintings.
来宾参观的是宽敞的房间，里面有木搁架和风景画。
2.Some also think that deleveraging is _____ _____ _____.
还有一些也认为减债会比预计提前完成。

A:本期答案见下期
上期答案：

1.Provincial barriers to trade hamper the efficient allocation of resources.
各省的贸易壁垒阻碍了资源的有效分配。
2.He never reads individual user profiles; he only sees data in the aggregate.
他从来不阅读单个用户的个人资料；他仅仅整体研究这些数据。