tangible a．切实的，真实的
When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires，you have something tangible (a.) tosell．[1996年阅读]
[译文]当你为自己的能力和欲望仔细地筹划了一幅蓝图后，你就有确切的东西可以兜售了。
technicist n．技术员，技师
Also common in the natural sciences，the technicist (n.) fallacy mistakenly identifies the discipline as a whole with certain parts of its technical implementation. [1999年翻译]
[译文]在自然科学领域，这种现象也很普遍，技术谬误错误地将历史研究技术实施过程中的某些过程当成了历史研究的整体。
telecom (=telecommunication)n．电信
The mergers of telecom (n.) companies，such as WorldCom，hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress．[2001年阅读]
[译文]像世界通讯这样的通讯公司合并似乎没有给消费者带来更高的价格，或者降低技术进步的速度。
template/ templet n．模板，样板
There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers，which helps explain why the “standard templates (n.)” of the newsroom seem alien to many readers．[2001年阅读]
[译文]新闻记者和读者之间存在着社会和文化方面的脱节，这就是为什么新闻编辑室的“标准模式”与众多读者的意趣相差甚远的原因。
teller n．(银行)出纳员
Our banking is done at automated teller (n.) terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction．[2002年阅读]
[译文]自动柜员机处理着银行业务，完成业务后，它们还会机械地、有礼貌地感谢我们。
therapist n．临床医学家
Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist (n.)．[2005年阅读]
[译文]长期受恶梦困忧的人应该去找专家看看。
thermostat n．自动调温器，温度调节装置
Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat (n.)，regulating moods while the brain is“off-line．”[2005年阅读]
[译文]现在，研究人员怀疑，梦是大脑调节情感的一部分，当大脑“掉线”时，梦能调控情绪。
thrilling a．①毛骨悚然的；②颤动的
Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling (a．①) explanation is，unfortunately，a little defective．[1997年阅读]
[译文]通货膨胀为何如此的和缓?可惜的是，这最令人震惊的解释有一点缺陷。
tort n．民事侵权行为
At the same time，the American Law Institute?a group of judges，lawyers，and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight?issued new guidelines for tort (n.) law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones．[1999年阅读]
[译文]与此同时，美国法学会??该学会由一群举足轻重的法官、律师、学者所组成??签署了新的民事侵害法纲要，宣布公司不必警示顾客那些显而易见的危险，或者给顾客列出一份冗长的可能造成的危险的清单。
transcendentalist a．[哲]先验论者的，超越论者的
Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalist (n.) philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children：“We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing．”[2004年阅读]
[译文]拉尔夫?瓦尔多?爱默生和其他一些先验主义哲学家认为学校教育和严格的书本学习限制了孩子们的天性，“我们被关在中小学和大学的朗诵室里十年或十五年，最后出来满肚子墨水，却啥都不懂。”
treasury n．财政部，国库
There is，as Robert Rubin，the treasury (n.) secretary，says，a“disjunction”between the mass of business anecdote that points to a leap in productivity and the picture reflected by the statistics．[1998年阅读]
[译文]正如财政部长罗伯特?鲁宾所说的，商业界的大量趣闻暗示生产率大幅增长了，但这同官方的统计数字所显示的情况“不符”。
trigonometry n．三角学
Why mention the elementary schools? Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics，especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states，were generally literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and trigonometry (n.)．[1996年阅读]
[译文]为什么要提小学教育?正是因为有了这些学校，我们的早期技工才普遍能读会写，并精通算术及部分几何和三角，这种情况在新英格兰和大西洋中部各州尤为可见。
trillion num．万亿
Inflation says that very early on，the universe expanded in size by more than a trillion (num．) fold in much less than a second，propelled by a sort of antigravity．[1998年翻译]
[译文]膨胀学说告诉我们，早在很久以前，宇宙的体积在不到一秒钟内被一种反引力驱动而发生了无数倍的膨胀。
triviality n．琐事
“Important information can get buried in a sea of trivialities (n.)，”says a law professor at Cornell Law School who helped draft the new guidelines．[1999年阅读]
[译文]康奈尔大学法学院一位参与起草新纲要的教授说，“重要的信息会淹没在细枝末节的汪洋之中”。
trucking n．①货车运输；②货车运输业
But many shippers complain that for heavy bulk commodities traveling long distances，such as coal，chemicals，and grain，trucking (n．①) is too costly and the railroads therefore have them by the throat．[2003年阅读]
[译文]但许多客户却抱怨说，对于依赖长途运输的大宗商品来说，如煤炭、化学制品和粮食，由于公路运输花费太大，这样铁路公司就会主宰他们。
underfund vt．对…提供资金不足
As a nation，we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding (vt.) research on humbler therapies that could improve people's lives．[2003年阅读]
[译文]作为一个民族，我们可能在寻求不可能奏效的治疗方法上花钱太多，而在研究能提高人们生活质量的更平常的方法上花钱太少。
underprivileged a．穷困的，下层社会的
For example，they do not compensate for gross social inequality，and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged (a.) youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances．[1995年翻译]
[译文]例如，测试并不弥补明显的社会不公，因此，它们说明不了一个物质条件差的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大的才干。
underrate vt．低估，看轻
The human nose is all underrated (vt.) tool．[2005年完形]
[译文]人们低估了鼻子的嗅觉作用。
understatement n．保守的陈述，掩饰
Search for exaggeration and understatements (n.)．[2002年阅读]
[译文]留意夸张和打折扣的话。
undervalue v．低估
We can learn from the text that Americans have a history of______．
[A]undervaluing (v.) intellect[2004年阅读]
[译文]根据本文，我们可以了解到：美国人有______的历史。
[A]轻视才智
unenlightened a．无知的，不文明的，落后的
The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and often unenlightened (a.) citizenry that there are not two equally valid scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life．[1996年阅读]
[译文]所有这些书的目的是试图告诉那些迷惑而且常常是还不开通的人：就宇宙和生命的起源与发展问题而言，不可能存在两种都成立的科学理论。
universalize vt．使一般化，使普遍化
As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized，it is in the interest of business to universalize (vt.) access-after all，the more people online，the mole potential customers there are．[2001年阅读]
[译文]随着互联网的日趋商业化，网络普及对商家是有利的一毕竟，上网人数越多，潜在的客户就越多。
unparalleled a．无与伦比的，空前的
When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War，it had a market eight times larger than any competitor．giving its industries unparalleled(a.) economies of scale．[2000年阅读]
[译文]二战结束后，美国恰好进入了这样的一个辉煌时期，当时，它拥有比任何竞争者大8倍的市场，这使其工业经济具有无与伦比的规模经济。
upsetting a．令人心烦意乱的，令人苦恼的
As soon as you awaken，identify what is upsetting(a.) about the dream．[2005年阅读]
[译文]当你一觉醒来，首先弄清楚梦中是什么使你不安。
unsustainable a．不能成立的，不能支持的
Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable (a.)．Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it．[2003年阅读]
[译文]任何人都明白这个趋势不能维持下去，但是很少有人愿意扭转它。
upend v．颠倒，倒放
Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have upended (v.) the old economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation．[1997年阅读]
[译文]一些经济学家认为，世界经济结构强有力的变化已经推翻了那个以经济增长和通货膨胀的历史上相互关联为基础的旧的经济模式。
upscale a．高消费的
Replies show that compared with other Americans，journalists are more likely to live in upscale (a.) neighborhoods，have maids，own Mercedeses，and trade stocks，and they’re less likely to go to church，do volunteer work，or put down roots in a community．[2001年阅读]
[译文]结果表明，与其他美国人相比，新闻记者更有可能居住在富人区，有女佣、有奔驰车、炒股，而他们去教堂、参加志愿服务、扎根社区的可能性却很小。
utility n．①功用，效用 vt．(有效)利用，使用[生] n．②公用事业
But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility(n.)，they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves??goals that pose a real challenge．[2002年阅读]
[译文]但是如果机器人要进一步实现劳动力节省，他们必须能够在更大程度上减少人的监控，并且至少能够独立地做一些决定，这些是具有真正挑战性的目标。
vaccination n．种痘，接种疫苗
We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother's hip replacement，a father’s bypass operation，a baby’s vaccinations (n.)，and even a pet's shots．[2003年阅读]
[译文]我们需要说明动物实验与祖母的髋骨更换、父亲的心脏搭桥、婴儿的免疫接种、甚至宠物的注射针剂都密切相关。
vaccine a．疫苗的，牛痘的；n．疫苗
To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments，as well as new treatments and vaccines (n.)，animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst．[2003年阅读]
[译文]许多人不明白获得这些新的治疗方法和疫苗都必须进行动物实验。对于他们来说，动物实验说得好是浪费，说得不好是残忍。
validate vt．批准，证实
How well the predictions will be validated (vt.) by later performance depends upon the amount，reliability，and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted．[1995年翻译]
[译文]这些预测在多大程度上被后来的表现所证实，这取决于所采用信息的数量、可靠性和适宜性以及解释这些信息的技能和才智。
vice versa ad．反之亦然
Whether the Government should increase the financing of pure science at the expense of technology or vice versa (ad.) often depends on the issue of which is seen as the driving force．[1994年翻译]
[译文]政府究竟是以牺牲对技术的经费投入来增加对纯理论科学的经费投入，还是相反，这往往取决于把哪一方看作是驱动的力量。
visualize v．想像，显现
Visualize (vt.) how you would like it to end instead；the next time it occurs，try to wake up just enough to control its course．[2005年阅读]
[译文]想像你想让它(这种梦)如何结束，下一次再发生时，设法醒来以控制梦的进程。
ware n．货物，商品
While talking to you，your could-be employer is deciding whether your education，your experience，and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your “wares (n.)”and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner．[1996年阅读]
[译文]在与你谈话时，你未来的雇主将根据你的教育、你的经验和你其他的资历来确定雇用你是否值得，因此你必须把你的“品质”和“能力”以有序而合理连贯的方式陈列出来。
whereby ad．凭什么，由此
Straitford’s briefs don't sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing，whereby (ad.) agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong．[2003年阅读]
[译文]Straitford公司的简报听上去不像华盛顿当局常常提供的躲闪的言辞，政府机构往往避免发表引人注目的言论，因为这些言论可能出错。
windscreen n．风档玻璃
Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen (n.)，a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel．[1997年阅读]
[译文]因此，才会有人将货币政策的指导作用比做是驾驶一辆带有黑色挡风玻璃、破碎的后视镜及方向盘失灵的汽车。
worldview n．世界观
Sagan is more concerned with those who believe in ghosts．creationism and other phenomena that contradict the scientific worldview (n.)．[1998年阅读]
[译文]而萨根则更关注那些相信鬼怪、上帝造物论和其他与科学世界观相左的人。
workmate n．同事，工作伙伴
Children will play with dolls equipped with personality chips，computers with in-built personalities will be regarded as workmates (n.) rather than tools，relaxation will be in front of smell television，and digital age will have arrived．[2001年翻译]
[译文]儿童将与装有个性化芯片的玩具娃娃玩耍，具有个性内置的计算机将被视为工作伙伴而不是工具，人们将在气味电视机前休闲，届时数字化时代就来到了。
