【例】It contained something which the turbulent nations needed.它依然包含著動亂的民族不可缺少的東西。
【構詞】turb(=disturb擾亂)+ul+-ent(……的)→被擾亂的,混亂的
【同義替換】tumultuous, chaotic, disorderly
【派生】turbulence n.動蕩;混亂;騷亂 turbulently ad.混亂地
【真題】A turbulent business environment also has senior managers cautions of letting vague pronouncements cloud their reputations.激烈的商業環境也使得高級經理小心翼翼,因為模糊的表態可能會破壞他們的聲譽。
★ continuous
a.連續的,持續的
【例】Continuous innovation is also necessary for success.不斷的技術革新也是成功的必要條件。
【真題1】Hence it is metaphysical, but the means of expression is purely and exclusively physical: sound.因此,它是非物質的,但是表達的方式卻是純粹的絕對的物理性:聲音。
【真題2】That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions.這一裁決對商業方法專利權申請產生了爆炸性的影響。新興的國際互聯網公司率先試圖獲得對特定類型的網上交易的專利權。
★ shove
v.亂推;亂塞
vi.用力推,擠
n.猛推
【例1】The guards seized him and started to shove him toward the doorway.守衛抓住他,并用力把他往門口推。
【例2】She is not like a girl because she always shoves things here and there.她簡直不像一個女孩,總是把東西扔得到處都是。