美国高中生必须掌握的100个单词解读

Affecting an attitude of disdain or conceit; haughty and supercilious。 傲慢的摆出轻蔑或自满的样子的；高傲且盛气凌人的

tautology

n. 无谓的重复 n。恒真

[例句]:To say that something is `adequate enough’ is a tautology 。 说某样东西“足够够用了”就是一个同义反复。 taxonomy

n. (动植物的)分类学

[例句]:Taxonomy is very largely subjective and intuitive。 分类学大体上是很主观和直观的。

tectonic

adj. 筑造的，建筑的，构造的

[例句]:Plate tectonic analysis of basin systems interspersed in orogenic belts requires that the effects of approximation be carefully distinguished from those of separation。 分析造山带中盆地系的板块构造时，需要将靠近作用与分离作用仔细区分开来。 tempestuous

adj. 有暴风雨的，暴乱的

[例句]:Their ship was sailing dangerously in the tempestuous sea。 他们的船在浪急风高的海上危险地航行着。

thermodynamics n. 热力学

[例句]:British physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics。 焦耳，詹姆斯·普雷斯科特1818－1889英国物理学家，为热量机械理论奠定基础，并发现了热力学第一定律

Clearly, a refrigerator, which is a physical system must obey not only the first

law(energy conservation) but the second law of thermodynamics as well。 很明显，冷冻机是一种物理系统，因此它不仅必须遵从第一定律(能量定恒)，也必须遵从热力学的第二定律。

German physicist noted for his contributions to the understanding of thermodynamics。 迈尔，尤里乌斯·罗伯特·冯1814－1878德国物理学家，为热力学研究作出很大贡献 totalitarian adj. 极权主义的

[例句]:Almost all government adopt totalitarian measures in time of war。 几乎所有的政府在战时都采取极权主义的措施。

yeoman n. 自耕农

[例句]:The yeoman could never own and work on their land after the movement。 那场运动后，自耕农再也不能拥有并在他们自己的土地上耕耘了。 ziggurat n. 古代亚述及巴比伦之金字形神塔(顶上有神殿)

[例句]:The Ziggurat is a series of square platforms,with long ramps leading to a broad podium upon which,archaeologists believe,there once stood a shrine with a roof of burnished gold from which the people worshipped the Moon。

梯形金字塔是一系列方形平台构成，有一个斜坡通向一个宽敞的讲坛，考古学家相信，讲坛之上曾经耸立着一座由打磨过的黄金做顶的圣坛，人们通过圣坛膜拜月神。