每日十个单词：day12

1、association

n. 协会 ; [计] 关联 ;
eg:

1. The trade association promotes ethical business practices.
   这个贸易协会提倡合乎道德标准的商业行为。
2. He arbitrates between investors and members of the association.
   他在投资者与该协会成员之间做仲裁。
3. He has now become one of the patrons of the association.
   他如今已成为该协会的名誉赞助人之一。

2、unbelievable

a. 难以置信的 ;
eg:

1. His guitar solos are just unbelievable.
   他的吉他独奏简直妙得难以置信。
2. I still find this story both fascinating and unbelievable.
   我仍然觉得这个故事非常有趣和难以置信。
3. It is an informative and entertaining tour into history and full of unbelievable facts.
   这是一次内容丰富、有趣的历史之旅，充满了令人难以置信的事实。

3、catch

n. 捕捉, 陷阱, 捕捉之物, 抓, 拉手 ; vt. 捕捉, 赶上, 感染, 听清楚 ; vi. 抓住, 燃着 ;
eg:

1. You'll be sorry if I catch you!
   要是让我抓着，你会后悔的！
2. We can catch the early morining train.
   我们能赶上清晨那班火车。
3. We barely had time to catch this bus.
   我差点没赶上这班公交。

4、desperately

adv.拼命地，绝望地，极度地；
eg:

1. She was desperately looking for an out.
   她在拼命地找一个脱身之计。
2. He was a boy who desperately needed affection.
   他是个极度需要关爱的孩子。
3. Matthew desperately hacked through the leather.
   马修绝望地刺穿了那块皮革。

5、bar

n. 条, 棒, 酒吧, 栅, 障碍物 ; vt. 禁止, 阻挡, 妨碍 ; [计] 棒形图 ;
eg:

1. He moseyed on over to the bar.
   他溜达着朝酒吧走去。
2. The bar seemed ominously quiet.
   那个酒吧似乎寂静得让人觉得不祥。
3. The staff were pilfering behind the bar.
   工作人员在吧台后面偷东西。

6、significant

adj.有重大意义的;显著的;有某种意义的;别有含义的;意味深长的
eg:

1. There are significant parallels with the 1980s.
   与20世纪80年代有显著的相似之处。
2. Taken together , these factors are highly significant.
   这些因素综合起来看就很重要了。
3. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.
   该公司看上去稳将在中国实现一次重大突破。

7、importantly

adv. 重要地；大量地；有名望地；自命不凡地 ;
eg:

1. More importantly, can he be trusted?
   更重要的是，他值得信任吗？
2. I was hungry, and, more importantly, my children were hungry.
   我饿了，更重要的是，我的孩子们饿了。
3. Most importantly 最重要的是

8、deal

n. 交易, 协定, 数量, 买卖, 松木板 ; vi. 处理, 应付, 做生意 ; vt. 分配, 发牌, 给予 ; [计] 发牌 ;
eg:

1. I wanted them to get a fair deal.
   我希望他们得到一个公平的交易。
2. I prefer to deal with him direct.
   我更愿意直接跟他打交道。
3. He knows you're getting a bum deal.
   他知道你遇上了糟糕的买卖。

9、industry

n. 行业，勤劳, 工业, 企业, 产业, 有组织的劳动 ; [经] 工业, 实业 ;
eg:

1. The industry is in terminal decline.
   这个行业每况愈下，一蹶不振。
2. The strikes brought the industry to its knees.
   罢工使得这个行业陷入瘫痪。
3. The industry today is nothing to what it once was.
   这一行业的现状与昔日的盛况相比微不足道。

10、technological

a. 技术的 ; [经] 工艺的, 技术的 ;

延伸：
technology n. 科技;工艺;工程技术;技术学;工艺学;技术性机器(或设备)
复数： technologies
派生词： technological adj. technologically adv.

eg:

1. A new technological age had dawned.
   新技术时代已经开始。
2. As with many technological revolutions, you are unlikely to be aware of it.
   正如很多技术革命一样，你不太可能意识到它。
3. The company has developed a reputation as a technological laggard in the personal-computer arena.
   该公司是广为人知的个人电脑领域的技术落后者。