bleak:风吹雨打的,无遮蔽的.
comparative:比较的相比的,相当的,还可以的.
You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
confer:授予,颁予(称号,学位等)=bestow,grand
To confer something such as power or an honour on someone means to give it to them. (FORMAL)
商谈,商议When you confer [...]
cedar:雪松,雪松木
draft:(马等)拉车用的,供役用的.选派,抽调.
If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job.
exclusive:adj.独有的,惟一的,专有的.
Something that is exclusive is used or owned by only one person or group, and not shared with anyone else.
harness:1.马具,挽具.
2.治理,利用.利用自然力使产生动力.
If you harness something such as an emotion or natural source of energy, you bring it under your control and use [...]
valid:adj.(理由,证据等)有确实根据的,确凿的,正确的.
a valid argument,comment, or idea is based on sensible reasoning.
tumble:v./n. 打滚,翻滚
spare: 1.v. 使某人免遭(麻烦等).
If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even though other people or places have been. (LITERARY)
2.adj.多余的,备用的.粗陋的,俭朴的.
You use spare to describe something that is not being used by anyone, and is therefore available for someone to use.
stake:n.利害关系,风险.
If something is [...]
求知不求甚解矣！
下午做了一个阅读，错的很悲壮！原因竟然是是把intellect和intelligence搞晕，学了这么多年从来没仔细区分过这两个单词，这maybe就是我英语学不好的原因。查呀查！
intellect: n. intellect is the ability to understand or deal with ideas and information.
intellect is the quality of being very intelligent or clever
intelligence:n. Intelligence is the quality of being intelligent or clever.
Intelligence is the ability to think, reason, and understand instead of doing things automatically or by instinct.
intellectual:adj. Intellectual means involving a person’s ability [...]
