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己是董事。 tarnish ? V. 玷污,敗壞 ? His bad behavior has tarnished the good name of the school. ? N. 污點(diǎn),瑕疵,無(wú)光澤 ? Moisture leads to the tarnish of the silverware. 濕氣使得銀器毫無(wú)光澤 dissent ? 持異議 n. amp。 v. ? When I asked for agreement there was no dissent. ? I think nobody will dissent from the government’s policy. Life beyond earth [P38] congenial: ~ (to sb.) agreeable or pleasant because suited to one‘s nature or tastes 適合於自己的天性或癖好的 (of people) pleasing because of similarities in temperament, interests, etc. (指人)(因性情 ﹑ 志趣等相近)彼此合得來(lái)的 , 意氣相投的 [P39]hardnosed: adj. 冷靜的 。 頑固的 。 腳踏實(shí)地的 [P43]assemblage: ( 常作戲謔語(yǔ) ) collection of things or people 聚集的物或人 [P43]provocative: tending or intended to arouse anger, annoyance, controversy, etc. 激起憤怒 ﹑ 惱恨 ﹑ 爭(zhēng)論等的 。 挑釁的 。 煽動(dòng)性的 [P44] nanoprobe: 納米探測(cè)器 [P45]forthing: ready to help, give information, etc 愿意幫忙或提供信息等 主動(dòng)的 [P47]asteroid: any of many small plas revolving round the sun, esp between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter (尤指火星和木星軌道間運(yùn)行的)小行星 . [P49]anatomy: (謔 ) human body 人體 Life beyond earth [P49]ravage: damage (sth.) badly。 destroy 嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞(某物) 。 毀壞 [P49]foul: ~ sth. (up) make sth. dirty 弄臟某物 [P50]steller: of a star or stars 星的 。 星球的 [P7]carbon atom [P4]at the brink of the new millennium Expressions: [10]sealed lab. [13]in the realm of unknown [26]believing is seeing [32]the coating process 涂裝工藝 [33]beat a dead horse 白費(fèi)力氣 [41]wind up 結(jié)束 [45]a magnifying len