Language Focus
一、Text生词
1. senior: a. higher in rank or length of service; older in years 级别较高的；资历较深的；年长的
e.g. All senior officers involved in the coup will have to be removed.
所有参与的高级军官都得被撤换。
e.g. My brother is nine years senior to me.    s
我哥比我大9岁。
2. vice(-): prefix acting as deputy or substitute for 副；代理
e.g. The Duke of Kent, Vice Chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board, will visit Shanghai in
October.
英国海外贸易部副部长肯特公爵10月将访问上海。
e.g. She's been downgraded from principal to vice-principal. 
她已从校长降职为副校长。
3. in charge of: having control over or responsibility for 主管，负责
e.g. Who will be in charge of the finance department when Sophie leaves?
索菲走后财务部由谁主管？
e.g. She is put in charge of the family planning affairs. 
由她分管计划生育工作.
4. note: vt. make particular mention of 谈到；论及
e.g. The report notes that export and import volumes picked up in the world’s leading economies.
报告指出，全球主要经济大国的进出口量均上升。
e.g. The last thing to note about the server file is that there is no form of connection time out.
对于这个服务器文件最后一件要注意的事情就是没有任何形式的连接超时。
5. worthless: a. having no real value or use 无价值的
e.g. The company’s shares are now virtually worthless.
这家公司的股票如今差不多一文不值。
e.g. I'd been brainwashed into believing I was worthless. 
我被洗了脑，认为自己一文不值。
6. criterion: (pl. criteria or criterions) n. standard by which sth. may be judged or decided 标准，准则
e.g. More specific and less subjective criteria should be used in selecting people for
promotion within the company.
公司考虑晋升人选时要采用更具体、更客观的标准。
e.g. Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 
实践是检验真理的唯一标准。
7. have one’s eye(s) on: be interested in; have as one’s objective 对…有兴趣；想要得到
e.g. Beck had his eye on the site for years before acquiring it in 1999.
这块地贝克看中多年了，1999年他终于买了下来。
e.g. He's got his eye on the new girl in your class.
他看中了你们班上新来的那个女孩。
8. attribute: n. quality regarded as a natural or typical part of sb./sth. 特质；属性
e.g. Consciousness is the most basic attribute of all animals.
意识是所有动物共有的基本属性。
e.g. The created image inherits the attributes of the template.
创建的图像带有模板的特征。
9. assess: vt. evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of 评价；评估
e.g. Exams are not the only means of assessing a student’s ability.
考试并非评估学生能力的唯一方法。
e.g. The committee assesses whether a building is worth preserving.
由该委员会评定建筑物是否值得保存。
10. cognitive: a. connected with thinking or conscious mental processes 认知的engage in
e.g. Linguistics is an important branch of cognitive science.
语言学是认知科学的重要分支。
e.g. As children grow older, their cognitive processes become sharper. 
孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
11. on the fly: while in motion or progress 在运行中
e.g. She was the sort of person who would make decisions on the fly rather than allowing herself time to think.
她是那种心血来潮而非深思熟虑做决定的人。
e.g. Housework keeps mother on the fly all day. 
家务劳动使母亲整天忙忙碌碌。
12. pull ... together: combine different (things) so that they form a single unit; improve sth. by organizing it more effectively 把…整合起来；将…有效组合
e.g. Now let me pull together the threads of my argument.
现在我来概括一下我的论点。
e.g. We must pull together for mutual interest. 
我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作.
13. validate: vt. make (sth.) officially acceptable or approved, esp. after examining it 批准，认可；使生效
e.g. Listed companies must have their financial statements validated by independent auditors.
上市公司的财务报告须获得独立审计员的认可。
e.g. At least half of the country’s population voted, thereby validating the result.
该国至少半数选民投了票，因此投票结果有效。
14. leadership: n. 领导；领导能力
e.g. We were a very young team that needed some veteran (资深的) leadership.
我们这支队伍很年轻，需要经验丰富的领导。
e.g. Leadership is not born. It can be learned.
领导能力不是与生俱来的，而是可以通过学习获得的。
15. in particular: especially 特别，尤其
e.g. What in particular did you like about the last apartment that we saw?
我们看的最后一套公寓你喜欢哪点？
e.g. The goals and scope, in particular, show you the direction to move.
特别是目标和范围能告诉您下一步工作的方向。
16. as opposed to: in contrast to 与…成对比
e.g. Sometimes such optimism leads you to see the world as you wish it were as opposed to how it really is.
这种乐观态度有时会让你一厢情愿而非实事求是地看世界。
e.g. This is a heated debate which involves materialist as opposed to idealist views. 
这是一场唯物主义与唯心主义的大论战。
17. get there: (infml) achieve one’s aim 达到目的，取得成功
e.g. You’ll get there in the end if you work hard.
只要努力，你最终会达到目的。
e.g. It's not perfect but we're getting there (= making progress).

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