每日十个单词：day14

1、situation

n. 情形, 境遇, 位置 ; [医] 情境, 处境 ;
近义词：position 位置
eg:

1. The whole situation is a mess.
   整个情况都是一团糟。
2. That's the situation--like if or lump it!
   情况就是这样--不管你高兴还是不高兴！

2、maker

n. 制造者, 上帝 ; [经] 制造者, 出票人 ;
eg:

1. "Lad, lad—what’s names to th’ Joy Maker," and she gave his shoulders a quick soft pat again.
   “孩子们，孩子们——快乐的制造者会叫它什么名字？”她又轻轻拍了拍他的肩膀。
2. By maker, though in low volumes, luxury cars were big winners with gains for Bentley, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce.
   从制造商的角度来看，尽管销量很小，豪华车却是大赢家，宾利、阿斯顿马丁、兰博基尼和劳斯莱斯都有所斩获。
3. LDV, the collapsed Birmingham-based van maker, has been bought by Dr Qu Li, who controversially advised the Phoenix Four, the former owners of MG Rover.
   总部位于伯明翰的货车制造商 LDV 已被李曲博士收购，李曲博士曾是罗孚汽车公司（MG Rover）前东家“凤凰四董事”的顾问而备受争议。

3、role

n. 角色, 职责, 任务 ; [医] 作用, 功用 ;
eg:

1. Will Smith played the title role in "Ali."
   威尔·史密斯饰演剧中“阿里”的角色。
2. Feminists have redefined the role of women.
   女权主义者们已重新定义了女性角色。
3. She's still growing into her new role as a mother.
   她仍在学着适应她作为母亲的新角色。

4、consequence

n. 结果;后果;重要性；

习语：
in consequence (of sth)
(formal) 由于；作为…的结果
等同于as a result of sth
The child was born deformed in consequence of an injury to its mother.
由于母亲受过伤，这小孩生下来是畸形。

eg：

1. This is a necessary consequence of progress.
   这是发展的必然结果。
2. It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
   那是这个决定的必然結果。

5、robot

n. 机器人, 自动机械, 机械般工作的人 ; [计] 机器人; 自动机 ;
eg：

1. This is the lastest in robot technology.
   这是最新的机器人技术。
2. The company is credited with inventing the industrial robot.
   发明工业机器人是那家公司的功劳。
3. The invention of the industrial robot is credited to the company.
   工业机器人的发明应归功于那家公司。

6、segment

n.片段，部分，分节，段；v.分割, 分裂 ; [计] 段 ;
eg:

1. She cleaned a small segment of the painting.
   她擦干净了这幅画的一小部分。
2. That shift affected only one segment of the population.
   这种转变只影响了一部分人口。
3. Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class.
   市场研究人员常常按年龄和社会阶层划分人口。

7、painting

n. 绘画;油画;作画;涂漆;刷油漆
v.在…上刷油漆;用颜料画;把…描绘成

• paint的现在分词
  n.油漆;油漆涂层;绘画颜料
  v.在…上刷油漆;用颜料画;把…描绘成

8、shift

v. 转移;挪动;赶快;快速移动;变换;更替;变动
n. 改变;转移;转换;变换;班;轮班;轮班工作时间;轮班职工
eg:

1. He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand.
   他停下来，将手杖移到左手。
2. Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years.
   最近几年对精神病的态度已有所改变。
3. His father worked shifts in a steel mill.
   他父亲是一家炼钢厂的轮班工人。

9、population

n. (地区、国家等的)人口，人口数量;(统称)某领域的生物;族群;人口

• 记忆技巧：popul 人民 + ation 状态 → 人口
  eg:

1. Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million.
   孟加拉国现有大约1.1亿人口。

10、evolutionary

adj.进化的;演变的;逐渐发展的

• evolution n. 进化;演变;发展;渐进

eg:

1. As for spinosaurus, diet was just the tip of the evolutionary iceberg.
   对于棘龙来说，饮食只是进化的冰山一角。
2. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the themes and plot devices in fiction.
   例如，进化心理学正被文学学者用来解释小说中的主题和情节设计。
3. Chris has talked about pandas being an evolutionary cul-de-sac, and it's certainly unusual for a carnivore to take up herbivory.
   克里斯曾经说熊猫是进化的尽头，而对于食肉动物来说，摄取食草动物是很不寻常的。