托福詞匯中常見的熟詞僻意（二）

1. panel
熟義：n.儀表板，面板
僻義：n.專家小組
The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.
最近的行動是由白宮召集了一批來自國家科學院的專家團，他們告訴我們，地球氣候毫無疑問正在變暖，而這個問題主要是人為造成的。
2. keep
熟義：v.保持
僻義：n.生計
Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.
當然公開來源的諜報活動的確有它的風險，因為很難區(qū)分正確與錯誤的信息。這正是Straitford公司賺得生計的地方。
3. promise
熟義：v./n.承諾
僻義：n.有希望，有前途(promising: (形)有希望的，有前途的)
Hofstadter says our country's educational system is in the grips of people who" joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise."
Hofstadter說，掌握我們國家教育體系的人“沾沾自喜地、霸氣十足地公然宣稱敵視才學，迫不及待地認同那些看來在才學方面最無前途的孩子。”
4. buy
熟義：v.購買
僻義：v.聽信，認同
Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades, some 10 million smokers went to early graves.
許多美國人相信了這些胡言亂語，在三十多年中，差不多有一千萬煙民早早的進了墳墓。
5. catch
熟義：v.抓住
僻義：n.捕獲，捕獲量
That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.
這意味著可以捕獲更多的海洋生物，所以現(xiàn)在和過去的真正差距可能會比之前在捕獲區(qū)記錄的數(shù)據(jù)所體現(xiàn)出的更糟糕。
6. game
熟義：n.游戲,比賽
僻義：n.獵物
The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to
extinction.
但大部分的，成長緩慢的動物則成了狩獵的目標，并且很快被狩獵到滅絕。
7. slip
熟義：v.滑倒
僻義：n.紙片
Nowa pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.
如今，一份解雇通知書、一個不利的診斷結(jié)果或者配偶的去世都可能在幾個月之內(nèi)將一個家庭從穩(wěn)定的中產(chǎn)階層家庭降格成為一個新貧困家庭。
8. tap
熟義：v.輕拍，n. 水龍頭，栓頭
僻義：v.開發(fā)
In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolvedaround efforts to tap the consumer market.
大約在網(wǎng)上交易的第一年當中，大部分業(yè)務活動都是圍繞著努力開發(fā)消費者市場來進行的。
9. ground
熟義：n.地面
僻義：n.根據(jù)，依據(jù)(on the ground that…)
Rail roads justify rate discrimination against captive shippers on therounds that in the long run it reduces everyone's cost.
鐵路公司對“被控”客戶進行區(qū)別對待的依據(jù)是，從長遠來看，這樣做會降低所有人的成本。
10. lean
熟義：v.倚靠, 傾斜
僻義：adj.瘦的, 貧乏的, 歉收的
They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)—lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre.
消瘦、率直、專注的臉龐，穿著牛仔褲和便鞋，吃著小圓面包，在劇場外的石板上過夜。