BBC英语｜Making your gadgets last longer

No47.和repair干系的一篇文章

1.gadget /dt/ 鄙吝具，小装置

2.stockpile /stkpal/ 囤积，大量储备 vi.和vt.都行 People are stockpiling food for the coming winter. 人们正在为即将到来的冬天算夜量储备食品。

复习：在《Why do people stockpile?》（第14篇文章）中就学过这个单词了。

3.a new lease of life 利用寿命延长

4.obsolete /bslit/ 淘汰的，废弃的 obsolete technology 过期技能

With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete. 随着技能的改造，许多传统技艺已被淘汰。

5.unused /njuzd/ 闲置的

★不习气的 unused to sth My mother was entirely unused to such hard work. 我母亲完备不习气这样的艰巨事情。

★未用过的 unused containers of food 未用过的食品容器

6.superseded /supsidd/ 被取代的 adj. Hand tools are relics of the past that have now been superseded by the machine. 手工工具是过去的遗物，现在已被机器取代。

7.electronics /lektrnks/ 电子产品

8.past （their）sell-by date 不再为人所用（字面意思：过了保质期）

9.landfill /lndfl/ 垃圾填埋场

10.recycling /risakl/ 回收利用，循环利用 n.

11.extract /ekstrkt; kstrkt/ 提取，提炼 Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of oranges, lemons, limes or grapefruit. 柠檬酸可以从橙汁、柠檬汁、酸橙汁或柚子汁中提取。

12.solar panel /sl pnl/ 太阳能面板

★panel (掌握) 面板; (仪表) 板 The equipment was extremely sophisticated and was monitored from a central control panel. 这台设备极其繁芜，是由中心掌握面板监控的。

13.antidote /ntidt/ 对策 A Mediterranean cruise was the perfect antidote to a long cold winter. 到地中海航游是度过漫长寒冬的绝妙办法。

★解毒剂 When he returned, he noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote. 当他返回时，他把稳到了他们的病情，准备理解毒药。

14.throwaway culture /rwe/ 一次性文化

★throwaway 一次性的 Now they are producing throwaway razors. 他们正在生产一次性剃须刀。

★不经意的 She was very upset at what to him was just a throwaway remark. 对他来说这只是随口说说而已，而她听了却很不高兴。

15.mend /mend/ 修补，修理 vt. Could you mend my bike for me? 你能帮我修一下自行车吗？

★（病情、伤势）好转 vi. I'm feeling a lot better. The cut aches, but it's mending. 我觉得好多了。
伤口还疼，但正在好转。

He's mending slowly after the operation. 手术后，他正在缓慢好转。

16.craftspeople /krftspipl/ 工匠，手艺人

17.resurrect /rezrekt/ 重新利用

★使复兴 Attempts to resurrect the ceasefire have already failed once. 为规复停战所作的努力已经失落败过一次了。

18.discarded /dskdd/ 丢弃的，废弃的 Her discarded books were piled up just anyhow. 她丢弃的书被胡乱地堆了起来。

19.upcycle /psakl/ 升级再造，改造 vt.

20.breathe new life into sth 注入活力，授予活气

21.transform /trnsfm/ 使变形，改变 Industrialization transformed the world. 工业化彻底改变了天下。

22.retro 复古风格的，怀旧的 the current Seventies retro trend 当前回归七十年代的盛行趋势

23.junk /dk/ 褴褛，垃圾

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