【例】His divisive politics drove a wedge into the organization.他的分離政策導致了該組織的分裂。
【真題】Robert Fulton once wrote,“The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws, wedges, wheels, etc., like a poet among the letters of the alphabet, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea.”
Robert Fulton曾寫道:“技術人員坐在杠桿、螺釘、楔子、輪子等中間,如同一位詩人處在字母之中,把它們看作自己思想的一種表達,每一個新的組合都能傳達一個新的理念。”
random
a.隨機的,隨意的 n.隨機,隨意
【例】The magician chose a random volunteer from the audience.魔術師從觀眾中隨機挑選了一名志愿者。
【構詞】ran(跑)+-dom(領域)→可以在各領域跑的→隨意的
【同義替換】arbitrary
【派生】randomly ad.隨機地,隨意地
【真題】In theory, the success of an applicant should not depend on the few others chosen randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr. Simonsohn suspected the truth was otherwise.
【例】The information can be used to determine the longitude and latitude at any point on the earth’s surface.這些消息可以用來測定地球表面上人意一點點 經緯度。
【真題】The test of any democratic society lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be.