Measurement of Metres Accuracy

210个雅思阅读高频词（下）

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201.opposing adj.相对的，反向的

The Wheel consists of two sets of opposing axe-shaped arms, attached about 25 metres apart to a fixed centralspine.

水轮由两套相对的斧型悬挂臂组成，连接在一条固定的中心柱上，它们相隔25米。

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202.coincidence n.巧合

Macfarlane then noted that the history of tea in Britain provided an extraordinary coincidence of dates.

然后Macfarlane发现在英国，茶的历史提供了一个令人意想不到的日期巧合。

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203.novelty n.新奇的事物

Novelty releases the perceptual process from the chains of past experience and forces the brain to make new judgments.

新鲜的事物让认知过程摆脱过去的经验的束缚，强迫大脑做新的判断。

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204.integral adj.完整的，构成整体所必需的

So integral have these time-based technologies become to day-to-day existence that our dependency on them is recognized only when they fail to work.

这些基于时间的技术变成了我们日常生活的一部分，只有当他们无法工作的时候，我们才会意识到人类对这些技术的依赖。

剑8T1P1

205.capacity n.能力

Steam ships posed a growing threat to clippers, as their speed and cargo capacity increased.

由于蒸汽船的速度和载货量的提高，它们给快速帆船带来了越来越多的威胁。

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206.descendant n.后代

By custom, Pachacuti’s descendants built other similar estates for their own use, and so Machu Picchu would have been abandoned after his death, some 50 years before the Spanish Conquest.

按照传统，Pachacuti的后代给他们自己建造了相似的庄园，所以在他死后也就是西班牙入侵之前约50年的时候，马丘比丘被废弃了。

剑12T6P2

207.upright adj.垂直的，直立的

As the wheel rotates, the gondolas are kept in the upright position by a simple gearing system.

当水轮转动的时候，贡多拉船通过一个简易的齿轮装置保持直立。

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208.contention n.争论，争辩

No other European nation sipped tea like the British, which, by Macfarlane’s logic, pushed these other countries out of contention for the revolution.

欧洲没有其他任何国家像英国一样品茶，按照Macfarlane的逻辑，这也就使得这些国家不能加入工业革命的竞争。

剑10T2P1

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209.intertwined adj.相互交错的，缠绕的

Understanding how perception becomes intertwined with social decision making shows why successful iconoclasts are so rare.

若能理解认知是怎样和社会决策相互交缠在一起的，那么我们便能明白为何成功的反传统者如此稀少。

剑9T2P3

210.latitude n.纬度

Hence, the calendars that were developed at the lower latitudes were influenced more by the lunar cycle than by the solar year.

因此，在低纬度地区形成的日历受到月运周期的影响远远大于太阳年的影响。

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Measurement of Metres Accuracy

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