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19【lance】

N./V.长矛，投掷，极速前进

a)The monkey blocked the lance with his iron bar.

悟空用金箍棒挡住了红孩儿的枪。

b)By his side hung a curving scimitar（短弯刀）, a round shield studded with bosses of brass hung at his back, and his right hand grasped a lance.

他的身边挂一把弯弯的短刀，背后插一个圆圆的嵌着铜块的盾牌，右手握一柄长矛。

20【plunge】

N./V.扎入，跳入，投入，陷入

a)Even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.

如果我能立即投入工作，哪怕只有很短的时间，累积起来也会变成十分有用的几个小时。

b)For as long as he believes that he must plunge to the bottom after soaring to the top, his life will be a dizzy roller-coaster ride.

因为只要他相信他必须在沉到谷底后才能到达顶峰，他的生命就会像做过山车一样，晕头转向。

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01【a high-tech gizmo】

泛指体积小巧的科技产品

[例句]

This high-tech gizmo is a fat removal device.

这个小巧的高科技产品是一个脂肪处理器。

02【superconductor】

超导

[例句]

The use of maglev（磁悬浮） with superconductor has been on the rise.

使用超导技术的磁悬浮列车正在蓬勃发展中。

03【supersonic】

超音速的

[例句]

Supersonic travel can considerably reduce fight time.

超音速旅行可以显著地减少旅行时间。

04【Silicon Valley】

硅谷

[例句]

Thames Valley is often considered to be the UK’S Silicon Valley.

泰晤士谷往往被认为是硅谷的英国版。

05【information highway】

信息高速公路

[例句]

There is a huge amount of information on the information highway, ranging from government services to technical support.

在信息高速公路上有着海量的信息，从政..府服务到技术支持上的知识，应有尽有。

06【set priorities】

分清主次

[例句]

The agency will set priorities for their scientific research.

代理人将为他们的科学研究设立优先性。

07【virtual reality】

虚拟现实

[例句]

In the future children may find human relationships inconvenient and confusing, and prefer to stay inside inside a virtual reality.

未来的孩子们可能会感觉人类间的关系过于复杂不便，于是他们更愿意呆在自己的虚拟环境中。

08【bring liberation from