大学英语作文-秘诀：100个句子背会四级单词(1)

大学英语作文

秘诀：100个句子背会四级单词(1)


1. Typical of the grassland dwellers
of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn. 1.
美洲羚羊，或称叉角羚，是该大陆典型的草原动物。 2. Of the
millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people will
live long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.
2. 1986年看见哈雷慧星的千百万人当中，有多少人能够长寿到足以
目睹它在二十一世纪的回归呢？ 3. Anthropologists have
discovered that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are
universally reflected in facial expressions. 3.人类学家
们已经发现，恐惧，快乐，悲伤和惊奇都会行之于色，这在全人类是
共通的。 4. Because of its irritating effect on humans, the
use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely
discontinued. 4.由于苯酚对人体带有刺激性作用，它基本上已
不再被当作常用的防腐剂了。 5. In group to remain in
existence, a profit-making organization must, in the long run,
produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.
5.任何盈利组织若要生存，最终都必须生产出消费者可用或需要的产

品。 6. The greater the population there is in a locality,
the greater the need there is for water, transportation, and
disposal of refuse. 6.一个地方的人口越多，其对水，交通和
垃圾处理的需求就会越大。 7. It is more difficult to write
simply, directly, and effectively than to employ flowery but
vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning. 7.简
明，直接，有力的写作难于花哨，含混而意义模糊的表达。 8. With
modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are
attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe
interiors. 8.随着现代办公室 的日益自动化，设计师们正试图利
用较为温暖而不太严肃的内部装饰来使其具有亲切感。 9. The
difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed
while slander is spoken. 9.诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书
面的，而后者是口头的。 10. The knee is the joints where the
thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg. 10.膝
盖是大腿骨和小腿胫的连接处。 11. Acids are chemical
compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste, a
corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain
blue vegetable dyes red. 11.酸是一种化合物，它在溶于水时
具有强烈的气味和对金属的腐蚀性，并且 能够使某些蓝色植物染料变
红。 12. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz-blues
singer rests on her ability to give emotional depth to her songs.

12. Billie Holiday’s作为一个爵士布鲁斯乐杰出歌手的名声建立
在能够赋予歌曲感情深度的能力。 13. Essentially, a theory is
an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to
be reality. 13.理论在本质上是对认识了的现实的一种抽象和
符号化的表达。 14. Long before children are able to speak
or understand a language, they communicate through facial
expressions and by making noises. 14.儿童在能说或能听懂
语言之前，很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了。
15. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in
areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.
15.受当代灌溉( 技术设施)之赐，农作物在原来只有仙人掌和荞属科
植物才能生存的地方旺盛的生长。 16. The development of
mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more accurate
sundials with which to regulate them. 16.机械计时器的发
展促使人们寻求更精确的日晷，以便校准机械计时器。 17.
Anthropology is a science in that anthropologists use a
rigorous set of methods and techniques to document
observations that can be checked by others. 17.人类学是
一门科学，因为人类学家采 用一整套强有力的方法和技术来记录观测
结果，而这样记录下来的观测结果是供他人核查的。 18. Fungi
are important in the process of decay, which returns
ingredients to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and

decomposes animal debris. 18.真菌在腐化过程中十分重要，
而腐化过程将化学物质回馈于土壤，提高其肥力，并分解动物粪便。
19. When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure
tone, retaining its pitch over a long period of
19.音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的
音调，其音量经久不衰。 20. Although pecans are most
plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they
are found as far north as Ohio and Illinois. 20.虽然美洲
山河桃树最集中于美国的东南部但是在北至俄亥俄州及伊利诺州也
能看见它们。 21. Eliminating problems by transferring the
blame to others is often called scape-goating. 21.用怪罪
别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。 22. The chief
foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best
in its climate and soil. 22.一个国家的主要食物是什么，大
体取决于什么作物在其天气和土壤条件下生长得最好。 23. Over
a very large number of trials, the probability of an event’s
occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur.
23.在大量的实验中，某一事件发生的几率等于它不发生的几率。
24. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the
density of a substance’s solid is higher than the density of
its liquid. 24.大多数物质遇冷收缩，所以他们的密度在固态时
高于液态。 25. The mechanism by which brain cells store

memories is not clearly understood. 25.大脑细胞储存记忆
的机理并不为人明白。 26. By the middle of the twentieth
century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun
to exert a great worldwide influence over art. 26.到了二
十一世纪中叶，美国画家和雕塑家开始在世界范围内对艺术产生重大
影响。 27. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city
of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center. 27.
伊丽莎白市，一个重要的航运和制造业中心，坐落于新泽西州的东部。
28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the
United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution
that has always had a completely female medical staff. 28.
Elizabeth Blackwell，美国第一个女医生，创建了员工一直为女性
纽约诊所。 29. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family
that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf
than as the inventor of the telephone. 29. Alexander Graham
Bell曾告诉家人，他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师，而非电话
的发明者。 30. Because its leaves remain green long after
being picked, rosemary became associated with the idea of
remembrance. 31. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit
a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand
considerable impact. 31.骨头看起来是脆硬的，但它也有一定
的弹性，使得骨骼能够承受相当的打击。 32. That xenon could

not FORM chemical compounds was once believed by scientists.
32.科学家曾相信：氙气是不能形成化合物的。 33. Research
into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the
ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage
and avoid loss of life. 33.对风暴动力学的研究是为了提高
风暴预测从而减少损失，避免人员伤亡。 34. The elimination of
inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in
repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money
borrowed. 34.消除通货膨胀应确保还贷的钱应与所贷款的价值
相同。 35. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement
in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify
contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion. 35.
未来主义，二十世纪早期的一个艺术思潮。拒绝一切传统，试图通过
强调机械和动态来美化生活。 36. One of the wildest and most
inaccessible parts of the United States is the Everglades where
wildlife is abundant and largely protected. 36. Everglades
是美国境内最为荒凉和人迹 罕至的地区之一，此处有大量的野生动植
物而且大多受(法律)保护。 37. Lucretia Mott’s influence
was so significant that she has been credited by some
authorities as the originator of feminism in the United States.
37. Lucretia Mott’s的影响巨大，所以一些权威部门认定她为美
国女权运动的创始人。 38. The activities of the

international marketing researcher are frequently much
broader than those of the domestic marketer. 38.国际市场
研究者的活动范围常常较国内市场研究者广阔。 39. The
continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the North
American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the
Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific. 39.
大陆分水岭是指北美洛 矶山脉上的一道想象线，该线把大西洋流域和
太平洋流域区分开来。 40. Studies of the gravity field of
the Earth indicate that its crust and mantle yield when unusual
weight is placed on them. 51. Using many symbols makes it
possible to put a large amount of inFORMation on a single map.
51.使用多种多样的符号可以在一张地图里放进大量的信息。 52.
Anarchism is a term describing a cluster of doctrines and
attitudes whose principal uniting feature is the belief that
government is both harmful and unnecessary. 52.无政府主
义这个词描 述的是一堆理论和态度，它们的主要共同点在于相信政府
是有害的，没有必要的。 53. Probably no man had more effect
on the daily lives of most people in the Untied States than
did Henry Ford a pioneer in automobile production. 53.恐
怕没有谁对大多数美国人的日常生活影响能超过汽车生产的先驱亨
利.福特。 54. The use of well-chosen nonsense words makes
possible the testing of many basic hypotheses in the field of

language learning. 54.使用精心挑选的无意义词汇，可以检验
语言学科里许多基本的假定。 55. The history of painting is
a fascinating chain of events that probably began with the very
first pictures ever made. 55.优化历史是由一连串的迷人事
件组成，其源头大概可以上溯到最早的图画。