注释:① reveal vt. 显示;透露;揭露;泄露
n. 揭露;暴露;门侧,窗侧
词组:
reveal itself v. 呈现,出现;被认知
reveal all 显示全部(计算机操作命令)
例句:
1. Your list will reveal your true feelings.
你的列表将要揭露你真实的感受。
2. These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination.
这些计划显得毫无想象力。
② scratch n. 擦伤;抓痕;刮擦声;乱写
adj. 打草稿用的;凑合的;碰巧的
vt. 抓;刮;挖出;乱涂
vi. 抓;搔;发刮擦声;勉强糊口;退出比赛
例句:
1. I had to scratch my head to remember his name.
我只想苦苦地回忆他的名字。
2. He began to scratch along for himself at an early age.
他从很小的时候起就开始自己挣饭吃。
③ come across v. 偶遇;无意中发现;讲得清楚明白;给人……印象
例句:
1. I have come across a curious plant.
我发现一种珍奇植物。
2. He come across this in a curio shop.
他在一个古玩店里偶尔发现了这个。
句子讲解:
1.The only force that could have produced this fine parallel scratches on the rock is ice, and lots of it.
【结构简析】这里的"that"是定语从句,修饰前面的"force"。
【参考译文】唯一能够产生这种精细的平行的划痕,就只能是冰,而且是大量的冰。
2. This is evidence that a massive wall of ice covered this part of the Rockies and shaped the Mountains.
【结构简析】 这里的"that"引导的是名词性从句,真正的主语是后面的 "a massive wall of ice"。
【参考译文】这可以向我们证明,曾经有大规模的冰墙覆盖了这部分的落基山脉然后雕琢了这里。