背1遍就想上考場(chǎng)大學(xué)英語考研單詞 018
divert
The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests,
critics divert attention from the fault that lies with
ill-informed or incompetent users.
evolve
However, whether such a sense of fairness
evolved independently in capuchins and humans,
or whether it stems from the common ancestor
that the species had 35 million years ago,
is, as yet, an unanswered question.
invert
There is perpetual pressure on children
to clean up and one of the nice things about a book like this
is that it does the opposite and revels in filth -
it gives children a space to invert what is going on around them.
mutability
Thus just as earlier theories have explained the mobility
of the continents, so hot spots may explain their mutability.
pirate
A 600-year-old skull believed to be that
of a legendary German pirate has been stolen
from a museum in Hamburg, the museum's director said Wednesday.
transition
Even if a job's starting salary seems too small
to satisfy an emerging adult's need for rapid content,
the transition from school to work
can be less of a setback
if the start-up adult is ready for the move.
variable
The link between interest rates and inflation is uncertain.
And there are long, variable lags before policy changes
have any effect on the economy.
variety
Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right,
and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries
such as banking, telecoms and air travel,
information protection is now high on the boss's agenda
in businesses of every variety.
neighbor(u)rhood
How many shopping malls are there in our neighborhood?
Let me see. 4, tops.
