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ui设计师就业前景1. assume: vt. 1) believe that something is true, even though no one has told you or even though you have no proof 想当然地认为；假定，以为
2) officially start a new job or position 就任，就职
3) begin to have a particular quality, shape, expression, etc. 呈现；具有
eg. (1) News comes that the new boss assumes his duties next week.
据说新上司下个星期就上任了。
eg. (2) I think we can safely assume that he is out of town.
我觉得我们可以肯定他出城了。
eg. (3) Since the chairman was ill, he assumed full responsibility for all organizational wo
rk.
因为主席病了，所以由他全权负责全部组织工作。
eg. (4) Time with the family has started to assume greater importance.
和家人共处的时间开始显得更加重要。
2. understate: vt. say that something is smaller, less important or less rious than it really is 不充分地陈述；淡化
eg. (5) The majority agreed that the report understated the social costs of the new development.
大多数人认为报告对新建住宅区社会成本的论述不充分。
eg. (6) To the disappointment of the public, resistivitythe press have understated the extent of the problem.
令公众失望的是，报道弱化了问题的严重性。
3. be bound up with: ideas, feelings, or issues that are bound up with each other are connected very cloly, so that it is difficult to think of them parately 与……有密切关系
eg. (7) Climate change is cloly bound up with the whole issue of energy consumption.
气候的变化与整个能源消耗问题密切相关。
eg. (8) From that moment my life became inevitably bound up with hers.
从那一刻起，我的生命就不可避免地与她的连在一起了。
4. conquest: n. [U] 1) (sing.) process of taking control of land or people during a war 攻取；占领；征服
2) process of gaining control of something through great effort 征服；占领
eg. (9) Our strategy for the conquest of foreign markets proved to be very successful.
我们为占领国外市场采取的战略非常成功。
eg. (10) Myths delight people becau they imaginatively picture man’s conquest of the forces of nature.
神话故事能给人以乐趣，因为它们富有想象地描绘出人类对自然力的征服。
5. contribute vi. be one of the things that help to make something happen 有助于，促成
v. 1) give money, goods or your time and effort in order to achieve something, esp. when other people are also helping捐助（金钱、物品）；贡献（时间、精力）
2) be a part of a group or an activity and help it to be successful （使）（在团体或活动中）出力，起作用
eg. (11) His rearch has contributed enormously to our understanding of this dia.
他的研究对我们认识这一疾病贡献很大。
6. characterize: vt. 1) be a typical quality or feature of someone or something 成为……的特征
2) (fml.) describe someone or something as a particular type of person or thing 描述……的特征；描绘
eg. (12) The 1980s were characterized by high inflation and high unemployment.
20世纪80年代的特征是通货膨胀严重和失业率高。
eg. (13) The historian characterized the period in American history as the decade of revolution.
这位历史学家将美国历史上这一时期概括为革命的十年。
7. apart from: except for someone or something 除……之外
point eg. (14) Apart from some spelling mistakes, the composition is fairly good. (apart from = except for)
除了一些拼写错误, 这篇文章写得很不错。
8. lilibring about: cau to happen 使发生，导致togglebutton
eg. (15) Science and technology have brought about many huge changes in our lives.
科技为我们的生活带来许多巨大的变化。
eg. (16) We will continue to work together with our compatriots in Hong Kong to help bring about an early recovery of Hong Kong’s economy and maintain its long-term prosperity and stability. 我们将继续和香港同胞一道促使香港经济早日复苏，维护香港的长期繁荣稳定。
9. unintelligible: a. impossible to understand 难以理解的，晦涩难懂的
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eg. (17) Their jargon is unintelligible to anyone outside the industry.
他们的行话对非业内人士来说很难听懂。
eg. (18) This classification between material and spiritual pleasures is confusing, unintelligible and untrue for me.
在我看来，这种对物质愉悦和精神愉悦的划分是混乱的，莫明其妙的，也不真实。
水果的英文10. quantifiable: a. capable of being measured or expresd as a quantity 能够量化的，能用量表示的
eg. (19) The damage caud by pollution is not easily quantifiable.
污染造成的损害是难以估量的。
11. comparable: a. 1) equal to something el in quality or importance （质量或重要性）比得上……的，可相提并论的
2) fairly similar to another thing, so it is reasonable to compare them 类似的；不相上下的
eg. (20) At that moment nothing in the world emed comparable to sleep.
那一刻，世界上没有什么能比得上睡一觉。
eg. (21) The student or the practitioner will be able to do the same in comparable situations.
在类似的情况下，学生和实际工作者可以做同样的事情。
12. with regard to: concerning a particular subject 关于，有关
