新视野大学英语第二册unit1单词

调查。

2.传导（电或热）

Copper conducts electricity well. |铜具有良好的导电性能。

He wasn't sure if rubber conducted electricity. |他不能肯定橡胶是否导电。 n.行为，举止

The prisoner was set free early because of good conduct. |那个囚犯因表现好而被提前释放。

|Nobody can stand such shameless conduct. |没有人能容忍如此不知羞耻的行为。

|<31>increasingly

ad. 日益；愈加

Increasingly, people are realizing that our basic problems are not economic ones. 人们逐渐认识到我们的根本问题并不是经济问题。 The country became increasingly rich and successful. |这个国家日趋富足昌盛。

<32>conference

n. （正式）会议

The Institute of Accountants is holding its conference in Edinburgh this year. |会计师协会正在爱丁堡举行今年的会议。

She's an organizer of the International Conference on AIDS that the university has every year. |她是大学每年召开的爱滋病国际会议的组织者。

<33> teleconference

n. |[C]远程会议

Holding a teleconference can save time and money. |召开远程会议既省时又省钱。

The technicians were busy preparing for today's teleconference. |技术人员正忙着为今天的远程会议做准备工作。

<34>obtain

|vt. 获得，得到

He always manages to obtain what he wants. |他想要的他总能弄到。 Further information can be obtained from our head office. |可以从我们的总部获得更多的资料。

|<35>superb

a. 极好的

The sports center is superb. |这个体育中心是一流的。

The view from my window is superb. |从窗外看去，景色壮丽。

<36>whereas

conj. 然而；但是

He earns $8,000 whereas she gets at least $20,000 every year. |他一年只挣八千美元；而她却至少挣两万美元。

She is hard-working, whereas he is lazy. |她很勤快，而他却懒惰。

<37> postal

a. 邮政的；邮寄的

Domestic postal services will be reviewed this year. |今年将对国内邮政系统进行评估。

<38>efficient

a. 效率高的

a very efficient secretary |办事效率高的秘书

Lighting is now more energy efficient. |现在的照明更节能。

<39> impolite

a. 无礼的，失礼的

It would be impolite to leave in the middle of the meeting. |在会议中途

离开会是失礼的。

She had no wish to appear impolite but there was something about the man that made her so. |她并不想表现出有失礼仪，但那个男子的举止使她不得不如此。

<40>elapse

vi.（时间）过去，逝去

Three years have elapsed since we last met. |自我们上次见面以来，已经过去三年了。

Four years had elapsed since he left college and still he hadn't found a job. |他大学毕业已四年了，却仍未找到工作。

<41>skillful

a. 熟练的；有技巧的

He is skillful at inventing excuses. |他善于编造借口。

Soon they became very skillful in answering such questions. |他们很快变得善于回答这类问题。

<42> skillfulness

n. 熟练；技巧

He was admired by all for his skillfulness. |他技术精湛，赢得众人交口