1.cyberspace:n. 网络空间
She travels in cyberspace by sending messages to friends around the world.(她利用电子空间给世界各地的朋友们发送信件。)
2.cyclical:a. 循环的,周期
The recycling industry is particularly vulnerable to wildcyclical swings in the market.(回收工业经受不了市场价格的同期性激烈涨落。)
3.cynic:n. 愤世嫉俗的人,好挖苦的人
Cynics believe that finding a good husband these days is a game of chance.(愤世嫉俗者认为,现在要找到一个好丈夫是一件碰运气的事情。)
4.cynicism:n. 愤世嫉俗的态度;讥笑
There was not a trace of cynicism in his voice.(他的语气里没有一丝挖苦。)
5.cyclone:n. 旋风,飓风
普通词汇
1.morphine:n. 吗啡
2.mortality:n. 1. 必死的命运2. 死亡人数,死亡率
Infant mortality is a highly sensitive barometer of socio-economic conditions.(婴儿死亡率能够充分反映社会经济状况。)
3.mortar:n. 1. 灰浆2. 迫击炮
4.mortgage:n. 1. 抵押2. 按揭
The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land.(银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押。)
5.mortuary:n. 殓房
6.motif:n. 1. (图案的)基本花纹2. (文艺作品的)主题
I try to develop beyond the old motifs.(我力求对传统的花纹图案做到推陈出新。)
7.motivate:v. 促动,激发,作为…的动机
You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them.(你首先得激发孩子的学习兴趣, 然后再去教他们。)
8.motley:a. 混杂的
I did not realize how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being. (那时我还没认识到一个人的性格是极其复杂的。)
9.mound:n. 土堆,小丘
10.mount:v. 上升,增加2. 登上3. 准备,发动
Social problems in modern society are mounting.(现代社会问题日益增加。)