考研英语高频词汇
Electricity /ɪˌlekˈtrɪsəti/
n. 电,电力
<历年真题考查频次:14次>
真题复现1:In Scotland, for example£, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. (2018年英语二text2 P3)
真题翻译:例如,在苏格兰,风力涡轮机为95%的家庭提供足够的电力。
真题复现2:But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state’s electricity generation—and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.
(2018年英语二text2 P4)
真题翻译:但这一信息并没有得到爱荷华州许多人的欢迎,那里的风力涡轮机遍布各地,提供该州36%的发电量,而像微软这样的科技巨头正被可用的清洁能源吸引来为他们的数据中心供电
真题复现3:The Aswan Dam, for example, stopped the Nile flooding but deprived Egypt of the fertile silt that floods left -- all in return for a giant reservoir of disease which is now so full of silt that it barely generates electricity.(1998年text1 P3)
真题翻译:例如,阿斯旺大坝阻止了尼罗河的洪水泛滥,但也使埃及失去了洪水留下的肥沃淤泥——这些换来的是一个巨大的疾病滋生的水库,现在这个水库积满了淤泥,几乎不能发电了。