GRE 填空

Internet in creating handheld computers is fueled by the desire to shrink the size of the electronic circuitry and to create exceptionally small mechanical systems. At this scale, however, physical (i)_____ poses unique challenges. Machining, positioning, and assembling parts by hand are easy at macroscopic scales but at minute scales they are far from (ii)_____.

Blank (i)____________ Blank (ii)
A. deterioration______ D. subtle
B. manipulation______E. inflexible
C. durability_________ F. routine




















以下為自行作題檢討，如有疑問或錯誤歡迎討論

Internet in creating handheld computers is fueled by the desire to shrink the size of the electronic circuitry and to create exceptionally small mechanical systems. At this scale, however(-), physical (i)_____ poses unique challenges. Machining, positioning, and assembling parts by hand are easy(+) at macroscopic scales but at minute scales they are far from(-) (ii)_____(+).

Blank (i)____________ Blank (ii)
A. deterioration______ D. subtle
B. manipulation______ E. inflexible
C. durability_________ F. routine

網物在創造手持電腦的推動下，希望縮小電子電路的尺寸，並創造特別小的機械系統。 然而，在這個規模上，物理的 ___ 帶來了獨特的挑戰。 手工加工，定位和裝配零件在肉眼可見的規模上是容易的，但是在微小的規模上它們仍然離 ___ 還很遙遠。

Ans: BF

 handheld
/ˌhændˈheld/
adjective 手提式的，攜帶型的

 fuel
/ˈfjuː.əl/
noun 燃料；燃燒劑
noun 刺激因素

 circuitry
/ˈsɝː.kɪ.tri/
noun 電路；電路系統；電路裝置

 exceptional
/ɪkˈsep.ʃən.əl/
adjective （尤指在技能、才智、品質等方面）卓越的，傑出的，不同凡響的

 mechanical 
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/
adjective 機械的；機械零件的
adjective 習慣性的

 pose
/poʊz/
verb 造成，引起（尤指問題或困難）
verb （尤指在正式場合）提出（問題），質詢
verb 擺好姿勢（拍照）
verb 假裝，冒充；裝腔作勢
noun （為拍照、畫像等擺出的）樣子，姿勢
noun 裝腔作勢

 macroscopic
/ˌmæk.rəˈskɑː.pɪk/
adjective 肉眼可見的

 deteriorate
/dɪˈtɪr.i.ə.reɪt/
verb 惡化，變壞

 manipulation
/məˌnɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
noun 操縱（為了個人利益而控制某人或某事，尤指利用不公平或不誠實的方式）
noun 推拿治療，推拿正骨

 durable
/ˈdʊr.ə.bəl/
adjective 持久的，耐久的

留言

張貼留言

這個網誌中的熱門文章

GRE 機經 邏輯閱讀

Columnist: Until very recently, Presorbin and Veltrex, two medications used to block excess stomach acid, were both available only with a prescription written by a doctor. In an advertisement for Presorbin, its makers argue that Presorbin is superior on the grounds that doctors have written 200 million prescriptions for Presorbin, as compared to 100 million for Veltrex. It can be argued that the number of prescriptions written is never a worthwhile criterion for comparing the merits of medicines, but that the advertisement’s argument is absurd is quite adequately revealed by observing that Presorbin was available as a prescription medicine years before Veltrex was. In the columnist’s argument, the two highlighted portions play which of the following roles? The first is a claim that the columnist’s argument seeks to clarify; the second states a conclusion drawn about one possible interpretation of that claim. The first identifies the conclusion of an argument that the columnist...
閱讀完整內容

GRE 機經 中短文章

According to Hill and Spicer, the term “nation-state” is a misnomer, since the ideal model of a monolingual, culturally homogeneous state has never existed, not even among Europeans, who invented the nation-state concept and introduced it to the rest of the world. Modern European states, they argue, emerged after the Renaissance through the rise of nations (i.e., specific ethnic groups) to positions of political and economic dominance over a number of other ethnic groups within the bounded political territories. The term “nation-state”, Hill and Spicer argue, obscures the internal cultural and linguistic diversity of states that could more accurately be called “conquest states.” The resurgence of multiple ethnic groups within a single state, Hill says, is not “potentially threating to the sovereign jurisdiction of the state,” as Urban and Sherzer suggest; rather, the assertion of cultural differences threatens to reveal ethnocentric beliefs and practices upon which conquest states wer...
閱讀完整內容

GRE 填空

Although one can adduce myriad of examples of ecosystem disruption by nonindigenous species, nevertheless most introduced species that survive in fact appear to have quite _____ effects on the ecosystem they have invaded. A. minimal B. trifling C. marked D. conspicuous E. intriguing F. deleterious
閱讀完整內容