linear a.线的,直线的,线状的. 长度的.线性的 The pupil made great efforts to work out the linear equation. .那个小学生费了九牛二虎 之力去解决这个一次方程 式.
miniature n.缩小的模型,缩影. 微型画.微型人物像 a.微小的,缩小的 Games are real life in miniature. .游戏比赛是现实生活的 缩影.
obedient a.服从的,顺从的 Do all parents like obedient and well- behaved children? .所有父母都喜欢顺从和 循规蹈矩的孩子吗? paradox n.似乎矛盾而(可能)正 确的说法.自相矛盾的 人(或事物) Your answer to the question is a paradox. .你对这个问题的回答矛 盾百出. "More haste,less speed" is a paradox. .“欲速则不达”是个似是 而非的隽语.
persistent a.坚持不懈的,执意的. 持续的 The persistent suitor made persistent efforts and succeeded eventually. .这个百折不挠的求婚者经 过执着的努力,终于如愿 以偿.
prestige n.声望,威望 The old universities of Oxford and Cambridge still have a lot of prestige. .历史悠久的牛津大学和剑 桥大学仍然享有很高的声 望.
prolong vt.延长,拖延,拉长 The Congress agreed to prolong the MFN .美国国会决定将对于越南 的最惠国 (most-favored-nation) treatment to Vietnam by one year. .(最惠国)待遇延长一年.
restrain vi.(~from)抑制, 克制,戒除 n.(诗歌的)叠句,副歌 She retrained herself from scolding her child until the guests left. .她强忍住不责骂孩子,直 到客人都走了.