academician
n. member of an art, literary or scientific academy or society院士，学会会员
morron
n. stupid person 低能者；蠢人
verbal
a. complicated with words and their use; spoken, not written 词语的；口头的
intricate
a. complicated 错综复杂
absolute
a. not measured by comparison with other things 绝对的
determine
vt. fix or find out exactly 确定
numerical
n. of a number; shown by numbers 数字的；用数字表示的
evaluation
vt. 估价，评价
evaluate
vt.
subsection
n. part of a section 小组，分部
foist
vt. force (sth.) on another person by fraud or trickery 把...强加于
arbiter
n. judge 仲裁人,公断人
joke
n. sth. said or done to cause laughter or amusement
automobile
n. 汽车
hood
n. (汽车)引擎罩
doc
(short for) doctor
deaf
a. unable to hear 聋的
dumb
a. unable to speak; stupid 哑的;愚笨的
deaf-and-dumb
a. unable to hear and speak
hardware
n. metal goods such as utensils, tools, nails, etc. 金属器具
hammer
n. 锤子;榔头
v. strike repeatedly (with a hammer)
clerk
n. salesclerk; person who works in a shop selling things 店员
scissors
n. 剪刀
scissor
v. cut with scissors
whereupon
ad. upon, at, or after which 于是，因此；然后
heartily
ad. 尽情地
smugly
ad. complacently 沾沾自喜地
goddamned
ad. (sl.) very, extremely
uneasy
a. awkward; not easy in mind or body 局促的；不安的；不安适的
PHRAESE & EXPRESSIONS
make a fuss of / over
为...大惊小怪
worthy of
deserving 值得
make up
prepare ready for use 编制;配制
by one's estimate
据某人估计
take sth. for granted
regard it as true or as certain to happen 认为某事当然
go wrong
stop working as true or as certain to happen 出毛病
pick out
select 挑选
try...on
在...身上试验
for sure
for certain; certainly 确切地;肯定
PROPER NAMES
Isaac Asimov
艾萨克.阿西莫夫
