2017核心400词

207. intricate错综复杂的

Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business processes in search of potential vulnerabilities.

今年发生了几起大规模顾客和雇员信息泄露事件，这使得经理们快速地去错综复杂的IT信息和商业程序中去寻找潜在的脆弱性。

Retailers that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe may well expect to rake in substantial profits thereby.

掌握了欧洲错综复杂的批发流程的零售商能够因此而获得大量收益。

208. casual随便的，偶然的

There might be casual relation between economic status and human nature.

在经济地位和人类之间可能仅存在偶然联系。

209. occasional偶然的

Writing this book was a labor of love but also one of frustration andoccasional despair.

这本书的写作是出于爱的一种劳动，但也充满挫折，偶尔还有绝望感。

210. incidental偶然的，附带的

There is a marked difference between the education which everyone gets from living with others, and the deliberate educating of the young. In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association. 人们在与他人交往中能够获得教育，这与对年轻人的可以教育之间存在明显不同。在前者重，教育是附带发生的，很自然也很重要，但这并不是交往机制的明确理由。

211. impartial公平的，公正的

In several instances, justices acted in ways that weakened the court’s reputation for being independent and impartial.

在一些事例中，大法官的行为方式削弱了法庭的独立与公正的声誉。

212. contemporary当代的

Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds. 当代艺术的销售下降了三分之二。

213. intensive密集的

Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. 能源保存、转向其它燃料以及重工业和能源密集型工业重要性的降低，这些都减少了燃油消耗。

The discipline had in reality been takenover by small groups of scholars who saw intensive fieldworkas one of the critical essences of the new discipline.

该学科在现实中由小型学者群体所接管，他们把野外考察视为这一新学科的关键本质。

214. senior高级的

The decision to quit a senior position to look for a better one is unconventional. 辞去高级职位而去寻找更好的工作是反传统的。

215. talented有才能的

The human brain’s roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented than previously imagined.

人类大脑的大约一千亿个神经细胞要比原来想象的更加有才干。

216. detrimental有害的

All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. 所有这些对消费者都是有益的，而非有害。

217. multiple多重的，多样的

Managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes.

今天的移民管理要求有多重的路径和多重的结果。

Whole new realms of understanding — from gender to race to cultural studies — were opened up as scholars unpicked the multiplicity of lost societies.

当学者们揭示了消失得社会的多样性时，一个新的研究领域敞开在我们面前，从性别到种族到文化研究。

218. professional专业的

This loss of mental focus can potentially have a damaging impact on our professional, social, and personal wellbeing.

精神注意力的丧失对于我们的专业、社会及个人幸福具有潜在的破坏力。

219. cognitive认知的

The right mental activities can significantly improve our basic cognitivefunctions. 正确的精神活动能重要提升我们的基本认知功能。

220. ancient古代的

In characterizing a society, whether ancient or modern, there are two elements, rather closely interconnected, which are of prime importance: one is the economic system, the other the family system.

不敢古代还是现代，社会的特征具有两个相互联系紧密的重要要素，一个是经济体制，另一个是家庭体制。

221. primitive原始的

It is revealed that even in modern world there are still several peoples with only “primitive mind”.

研究表明，即便在现代社会，仍然存在一些仅具有“原始思想”的民族。

222. dramatic引人注目的

There aresame dramatic technological changes that have provided marketers with more communications choices.

存在一些同样引人注目的技术改变，这些改变给营销人员提供了更多的沟通选择。

223. academic学术的

Professionalism has turned the acquisition of a doctor degree into a prerequisite for a successful academic career.

专业化使得获得博士学位成为成功学术生涯的先决条件。

224. appropriate恰当的

There is no agreement whether methodology refers to the concepts peculiar to historical work in general or to the research techniques appropriate to the various branches of historical inquiry. 方法论究竟指历史研究普遍特有的概念，还是指适用于历史探究各分支领域的研究技术，目前还没有达成一致。

225. sufficient充分的

Doctors could not give patients sufficient medication to control their pain if that might hasten death.

医生们不能给患者使用可能加速死亡的充足的药物来缓解他们的痛苦。

226. adequate充足的

To serve as responsible stewards of the planet, we must press forward on deeper atmospheric and oceanic research. But research alone is inadequate.

为了当好我们星球的管理员，我们必须推进更加深入的大气和海洋研究，但仅做研究是不充分的。

227. primary主要的

The U.S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U.S. economic performance.

美国的劳动力被嘲笑为受教育程度差，并被认为是美国糟糕的经济表现的主要原因。

228. speculative推测的，投机的

Two other explanations are more speculative. 另外两个例子是推测性的。

229. rebelling反叛的

The examples areGallileo’s 17th-century trial for his rebelling belief before the Catholic Church or poetWilliam Blake’s harsh remarks against the mechanistic worldview of Isaac Newton.

这样的例子有17世纪伽利略由于反叛天主教信仰而受审，以及诗人威廉·布莱克反对牛顿世界观的激烈话语。

230. artificial人工的

Researchers asked volunteers to hold a pen with their teeth to create an artificial smile.

研究者们让志愿者用牙齿咬住钢笔，从而造成一种人工的微笑。

231. major主要的，重要的

Almost all our major problems involve human behavior, and they cannot be solved by physical and biological technology alone.

几乎所有的重要问题都包含人类行为，仅通过武力和生物技术是难以解决的。

232. principal主要的(adj.)，校长(n.)

Our work shows that the principal requirement for what we call \not of a few influentials.

我们的工作表明，所谓的“全球级联反应”并不是少数有影响力的人造成的。

233. puzzled迷惑的

The man looked puzzled and hurt. 那个男子显得迷惑而受伤。

234. bewildering令人困惑的

The bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection.

人类崇拜的令人困惑的多样性也许可以看作是性选择的某种形式。

235. obscure模糊的

The environment is obviously important, but its role has remained obscure. 环境明显很重要，但环境的角色却是模糊的。

236. ambiguous模棱两可的

But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route.

在科学的日常实践中，发现的活动通常是沿着一条模糊和复杂的路径。

237. subtle微妙的

This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day. 这是同伴压力的一种微妙形式：我们无意识地模仿着我们每天所看见的行为。

238. vague模糊的

Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he said he was leaving to pursuethe goal of running a company.

他并没有用通常模糊的借口来掩饰他的辞职，而是告诉大家他想去自己运作一个公司。

239. bizarre奇异的

They were less eager to deal with bizarre data from “exotic” language. 他们并不热心于通过“外来”语言来处理奇异的数据。

240. weird古怪的