托福詞匯：科技相關(guān)詞匯一覽

ubiquitous 普遍存在的= omnipresent (^ omniscient, omnipotent)

versatile (人)多才多藝的，(物)通用的à versatility

alchemy 煉金術(shù)

transmute 變形，變質(zhì)transmute silver into gold (!)

arduous 艱巨的 (=strenuous)an arduous task

pitfall 陷阱，未預(yù)見(jiàn)之困難

metallurgy 冶金

alloy 合金

aluminum = aluminium (BE)^ calcium, uranium, radium^ copper, brass, bronze

electrode 電極

distill 蒸餾 distilled water

quartz 石英

phosphorus 磷，磷光物質(zhì)

inflammable 易燃的 ( flame)

combustion 燃燒 (à combustible)spontaneous combustion (white phosphorus)

ceramic 陶瓷的 瓷器 (à ceramics)

insulate 隔離，絕緣à insulator (<> conductor)

fiber 纖維 (BE: fibre)fiber optics (纖維光學(xué))

optics 光學(xué) (à optical)

retina 視網(wǎng)膜

iris 虹膜

opaque 不透明的v.s. transparent, translucent

microprocessor 微處理器^ CPU(Central Processing Unit), chip

binary 二進(jìn)制的

integrate à integrated, integrationintegrated circuit (IC), system integration (SI)

buffer 緩沖區(qū)buffer storage

browser 瀏覽器 (^ IE, Netscape)

hypertext 超文本

envisage 想象，看作 en + vis(see) + ageThe internet can be envisaged as a network of visual telephone links.

momentous (極為)重要的v.s. momentary

reticular 網(wǎng)狀的

Ethernet 以太網(wǎng)

domain 域 domain names

cyberlaw 網(wǎng)絡(luò)法律 “cyber-“: Internet relatedcyberlove, cybercafe, …

patent 專(zhuān)利 (à patented)v.s. copyright, ^ pirated software/VCD’s

chronological 按時(shí)間順序的 “chron”: time^ chronic, chronicle, chronograph

robot 機(jī)器人(“肉包它”)à robotics

artificial 人造的，做作的artificial satellite/smile

cone 圓錐體，錐形物the nose cone of a missile

Jupiter 木星^ Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn

exorbitant 過(guò)度的，過(guò)分的，過(guò)高的ex(out) + orbit + ant

centripetal 向心(力)的<> centrifugal

high-rise 高樓 (~ skyscraper)

cathedral 大教堂

dome 圓頂 (a hemispherical roof)

infrastructure 基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施<> superstructure

sewage 污水，下水道

hydraulic 水力的，水壓的

landfill 垃圾掩埋(地)

ventilation 通風(fēng)

thermostat 溫控器 thermo(hot) + stat(steady)^ thermos, thermometer, thermonuclear

prefabricate 預(yù)先制造à prefab (預(yù)制的)

polytechnic 各種工藝的 理工學(xué)校Hong Kong Polytechnic

geometric 幾何(學(xué))的 geometry, geo(land) + metry(measure)

asymmetry 不對(duì)稱(chēng) a(not) + sym(same) + metry(↑)<> symmetry

concave 凹的 (<> convex)

bilateral 雙邊的，兩方面的<> unilateral

paradoxical “似非而是”的 paradox (悖論)

empirical 經(jīng)驗(yàn)的empirical law/formula

clockwise 順時(shí)針的 (<> anticlockwise)