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可再生能源革命挑战行业旧秩序

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   HELIGOLAND, Germany — Of all the developed nations, few have pushed harder than Germany to find a solution to global warming. And towering symbols of that drive are appearing in the middle of the North Sea.

  德国黑尔戈兰岛——几乎没有哪个发达国家会像德国这般卖力地寻求全球变暖的解决之道。现在,一些高耸的大家伙作为这项努力的象征,出现在了北海中。
  They are wind turbines, standing1 as far as 60 miles from the mainland, stretching as high as 60-story buildings and costing up to $30 million apiece. On some of these giant machines, a single blade roughly equals the wingspan of the largest airliner2 in the sky, the Airbus A380. By year’s end, scores of new turbines will be sending low-emission electricity to German cities hundreds of miles to the south.
  它们是风力涡轮机,屹立在距内陆60英里的地方,足有60层楼那么高,每台耗资达3000万美元。这些机器都是庞然大物,有的光是上边的一个叶片,大小就和天空中最大的客机——空客A380——差不多了。今年年底前,数十台新安装的涡轮机会给向南数百英里处的德国城市供应清洁电能。
  It will be another milestone3 in Germany’s costly4 attempt to remake its electricity system, an ambitious project that has already produced striking results: Germans will soon be getting 30 percent of their power from renewable energy sources. Many smaller countries are beating that, but Germany is by far the largest industrial power to reach that level in the modern era. It is more than twice the percentage in the United States.
  这将是德国耗资巨大的电力系统改造工程的又一个里程碑。此项宏大的工程已经取得了惊人的成效:可再生能源对该国电力供应的贡献率很快就能达到30%。这对很多小国而言可能不在话下,但迄今为止,德国是近现代达到这一水平的工业国中最大的一个。30%的比例较美国高出一倍多。
  可再生能源革命挑战行业旧秩序
  Germany’s relentless5 push into renewable energy has implications far beyond its shores. By creating huge demand for wind turbines and especially for solar panels, it has helped lure6 big Chinese manufacturers into the market, and that combination is driving down costs faster than almost anyone thought possible just a few years ago.
  德国在不断地推进可再生能源的开发利用,其影响远远超出了它的国界。通过催生出对风力涡轮机和太阳能板(尤其是后者)的巨大需求,它在将中国大型制造企业吸引到这个市场的过程中发挥了作用,由此产生的合力正让成本飞速下降——几年前根本没人料到会降得如此之快。
  Electric utility executives all over the world are watching nervously7 as technologies they once dismissed as irrelevant8 begin to threaten their long-established business plans. Fights are erupting across the United States over the future rules for renewable power. Many poor countries, once intent on building coal-fired power plants to bring electricity to their people, are discussing whether they might leapfrog the fossil age and build clean grids9 from the outset.
  全球的电力公司高管们,眼睁睁看着一度被自己视作无关紧要的技术开始威胁到自家公司长期以来的经营方略,无不如坐针毡。美国各地都爆发了有关可再生能源电力未来规则的讨论。许多曾打算通过建造燃煤发电厂来为国民供电的穷国,眼下正探讨是否可以跳过化石燃料时代,从一开始就构建清洁能源网络。
  A reckoning is at hand, and nowhere is that clearer than in Germany. Even as the country sets records nearly every month for renewable power production, the changes have devastated10 its utility companies, whose profits from power generation have collapsed11.
  清算的时刻到了,而德国的情况可能比任何地方都要明了。几乎每个月,德国都会刷新可再生能源电力的生产纪录,但与此同时,这些变化让该国的公用事业公司损失惨重,来自电力生产的利润一路狂跌。
  A similar pattern may well play out in other countries that are pursuing ambitious plans for renewable energy. Some American states, impatient with legislative12 gridlock in Washington, have set aggressive goals of their own, aiming for 20 or 30 percent renewable energy as soon as 2020.
  类似的情况很可能出现在其他那些正推行宏大的可再生能源规划的国家。美国的一些州对华盛顿的立法僵局失去了耐心,已经自行设立了雄心勃勃的目标:在2020年之前就要让可再生能源对电力供应的贡献率达到20%至30%。
  The word the Germans use for their plan is starting to make its way into conversations elsewhere: energiewende, the energy transition. Worldwide, Germany is being held up as a model, cited by environmental activists13 as proof that a transformation14 of the global energy system is possible.
  德国人把自己的方案叫“能源转型”(energiewende),这个词已经开始被其他国家和地区的一些人挂在嘴边。德国被全世界奉为楷模,环保人士常常以它为例来证明,全球能源系统的转型是可以实现的。
  But it is becoming clear that the transformation, if plausible15, will be wrenching16. Some experts say the electricity business is entering a period of turmoil17 beyond anything in its 130-year history, a disruption potentially as great as those that have remade the airlines, the music industry and the telephone business.
  但人们越来越清楚地看到,这种转型即便可行,也会是一个痛苦的过程。一些业内人士称,电力产业进入了它130年的历史上最激烈的动荡期,它正迎来一场裂变,其影响可能堪比航空、音乐以及电话产业曾经发生的那些重塑产业格局的大裂变。
  Taking full advantage of the possibilities may require scrapping18 the old rules of electricity markets and starting over, industry observers say — perhaps with techniques like paying utilities extra to keep conventional power plants on standby for times when the wind is not blowing and the sun is not shining. The German government has acknowledged the need for new rules, though it has yet to figure out what they should be. A handful of American states are beginning a similar reconsideration of how their electric systems operate.
  行业观察人士表示,要充分利用这种可能性,也许就得抛开电力市场的旧有规则,重新规划——大概还得作一些安排,比如向公用事业公司额外付费,让其保留传统发电厂备用,以应付风力和日照不足的情况。德国政府已经认识到了启用新规则的必要性,尽管它还没弄清新规则该是什么样。美国的少数几个州同样在重新思考本州电力系统的运行方式。
  “It’s pretty amazing what’s happening, really,” said Gerard Reid, an Irish financier working in Berlin on German energy projects. “The Germans call it a transformation, but to me it’s a revolution.”
  “正在发生的一切真的十分惊人,”在柏林做德国能源项目的爱尔兰投资人杰拉德·里德(Gerard Reid)说,“德国人称之为转型,但在我看来这是一场革命。”
  The potential payoff for getting the new rules right is enormous: a far greener electricity system that does not pump as much greenhouse gas and other pollution into the atmosphere. Yet as the German experience shows, the difficulties of the transition are likely to be enormous, too, and it is still far from clear whether the system can be transformed fast enough to head off dangerous levels of global warming.
  如果能正确地创建新规则,就有机会获得巨大的回报:有一个更为环保的、不再向大气中排放那么多温室气体以及其他污染物的电力系统。不过德国的经验表明,转型的困难同样是巨大的;而且目前还远远不能确定该系统的转型速度是否能快到足以防止全球变暖达到危险的程度。
  “I am convinced that wind and sun will be the central sources of energy, not only in Germany but worldwide,” said Patrick Graichen, who heads a think tank in Berlin, Agora Energiewende, devoted19 to studying the shift. “The question is: How can we turn the energy transition into a success story?”
  “我相信,风和阳光将会成为主要的能量来源,不光在德国,在全世界都是如此。”致力于能源转型研究的柏林智库阿哥拉能源转型(Agora Energiewende)的负责人帕特里克·格赖兴(Patrick Graichen)说,“问题是:我们怎样才能让这场能源转型成为成功的范例。”
  Plummeting20 Prices
  暴跌的价格
  One recent day, under a brilliant California sun, saws buzzed as workers put the finishing touches on spacious21 new homes. They looked like many others going up in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, but with an extra feature: Lennar Corporation was putting solar panels on every house it built.
  不久前的一天,在加利福尼亚州明媚的阳光下,工人们手拿嗡嗡作响的电锯,给宽敞的新房加上最后的点缀。这些新房坐落在洛杉矶以南的奥兰治县,看起来跟当地的其他房屋没有太大差别,但它们都有一个附加特性:莱纳公司(Lennar Corporation)给自己盖的每一栋房子都安装了太阳能面板。
  The prices of the panels have plunged22 70 percent in the past five years. That huge decline means solar power is starting to make more economic sense, especially in parts of the United States with high electricity prices.
  过去五年,太阳能板的价格大跌了70%。这种暴跌意味着用太阳能供电开始变得更加经济了,尤其是在美国一部分电价较高的地区。
  At about 100 Lennar subdivisions in California, buyers who move into a new home automatically get solar panels on the roof. Lennar, the nation’s second-largest homebuilder, recently decided23 to expand that policy to several more states, starting with Colorado. The company typically retains ownership of the panels and signs 20-year deals to sell homeowners the power from their own roofs, at a 20 percent discount from the local utility’s prices.
  在加利福尼亚州约100个由莱纳公司兴建的住宅小区里,买家搬进新房时,就自动获得了屋顶的太阳能板。作为美国第二大住宅建筑商的莱纳公司,最近决定从科罗拉多州开始,在其他几个州推广这种做法。该公司通常会保留这些组件的所有权,并和房主签定为期20年的合同,让他们买下产自自家屋顶的电力,价格比当地公用事业公司的报价低20%。
  “It’s so simple when we tell a customer, ‘You’re guaranteed to save money,’ ” said David J. Kaiserman, president of Lennar Ventures, the division overseeing the solar plan.
  这个太阳能计划由莱纳事业部(Lennar Ventures)负责,其总裁大卫·J·凯泽曼(David J. Kaiserman)说,“当我们告诉客户‘包你省钱’时,事情就变得非常简单了。”
  The shifting economics can largely be traced to China, by way of Germany. Over the past decade, the Germans set out to lower the cost of going green by creating rapid growth in the once-tiny market for renewable power.
  在很大程度上,这种经济性变化是中国——在德国带动之下——发挥作用的结果。过去10年间,德国人让一度不成规模的可再生能源电力市场实现了快速增长,从而降低了走绿色之路的成本。
  Germany has spent more than $140 billion on its program, dangling24 guaranteed returns for farmers, homeowners, businesses and local cooperatives willing to install solar panels, wind turbines, biogas plants and other sources of renewable energy. The plan is paid for through surcharges on electricity bills that cost the typical German family roughly $280 a year, though some of that has been offset25 as renewables have pushed down wholesale26 electricity prices.
  德国已经在其能源转型方案上投入了1400多亿美元,并以固定收益诱惑有意安装太阳能板、风力涡轮机、沼气池等可再生能源设备的农民、屋主、企业以及当地的合作社。该方案的成本要通过征收可再生能源电价附加费来弥补,一个普通德国家庭每年大约要缴纳280美元,不过,由于可再生能源拉低了趸售电价,此项开支被抵消了一部分。
  The program has expanded the renewables market and created huge economies of scale, with worldwide sales of solar panels doubling about every 21 months over the past decade, and prices falling roughly 20 percent with each doubling. “The Germans were not really buying power — they were buying price decline,” said Hal Harvey, who heads an energy think tank in San Francisco.
  德国的这一方案帮助扩大了可再生能源市场的规模,带来了巨大的规模效应——过去10年,太阳能板的全球销量每隔21个月就会翻倍,而销量每翻倍一次,价格就会降低20%左右。“德国人投入重金,买的不是电,而是价格的下降。”旧金山一家能源智库的负责人哈尔·哈维(Hal Harvey)说。
  The ripple27 effects drove some American panel manufacturers out of business, prompting complaints about Chinese government subsidies28 to the manufacturers who seized much of the market. But the decline also created an opportunity for American homeowners and for companies like Lennar.
  在这种连锁反应下,美国的一些生产商被迫关门歇业,中国政府向占据了很大一部分市场份额的本国厂商发放补贴之举,引人抱怨。不过,价格的下降也为美国的屋主以及莱纳这样的公司带来了机会。
  Wind power, too, has come down sharply in price in recent years, and it is now competitive with the cost of new coal-burning power plants in parts of the United States.
  近年来,风电价格也大幅下降。目前,风电在成本上可以和美国部分地区新建的燃煤电厂匹敌。
  A Threat to Business
  企业面临的威胁
  The decline in the cost of renewable power spells potential trouble for companies that generate electricity. They make a lot of their money at times of day when demand for power, and therefore power prices, are high. Solar power, even a small amount, could be especially disruptive, shaving wholesale prices during those peak periods.
  可再生电力成本的下降,对电力生产企业构成了威胁。让这些企业大赚特赚的,是一天当中电力需求大、电价也随之升高的时段。而太阳能就算规模不大,也有可能给市场带来极大的冲击,把用电高峰期的趸售电价拉下来。
  Though growing rapidly, solar power still accounts for less than 1 percent of American power generation, so the disruption has not yet been seen on a large scale in the United States. But some utilities, fearful of losing out as the power mix changes, have started attacking rules that encourage solar panels. Others are taking the opposite tack29, jumping into the solar market themselves.
  尽管光电产业发展得很快,但光电产量在美国电力总产量中所占的比重还不到1%,因此美国市场尚未受到大规模的冲击。不过,有的公用事业公司担心自己因电源结构的变化而遭受损失,已经开始攻击那些鼓励使用太阳能面板的规则了。另外一些公司则采取了相反的策略,干脆投身到了光电市场之中。
  Nipping at the heels of those utilities are fast-growing start-up companies that are putting tens of thousands of panels on rooftops and leasing them to homeowners for no money down, with Wall Street banks providing the financing. The hot spot is California, which is aiming for 33 percent renewable power by 2020 and seems increasingly likely to get there.
  紧随这些公用事业公司之后的,是高速成长的初创公司,它们正把数以万计的太阳能板安在人们的屋顶上,并和屋主签下无需付押金的租约,为其提供资金支持的是华尔街的银行机构。加利福尼亚州被卷入了这股热潮之中,该州计划在2020年之前把可再生能源电力上网比重提高到33%,现在看来,实现这一目标的可能性正逐步加大。
  In Germany, where solar panels supply 7 percent of power and wind turbines about 10 percent, wholesale power prices have crashed during what were once the most profitable times of day. “We were late entering into the renewables market — possibly too late,” Peter Terium, chief executive of the giant utility RWE, admitted this spring as he announced a $3.8 billion annual loss.
  在德国,太阳能面板和风力涡轮机的发电量分别占总发电量的7%和10%,一度最有利可图的用电高峰期的趸售电价已经大幅下降。公用事业巨头莱茵集团(RWE)的首席执行官彼得˙特里乌姆(Peter Terium)于今年春天宣布该集团亏损了38亿美元时承认:“我们进入可再生能源市场的时间有些晚——也许是太晚了。”
  The big German utilities are warning — or pleading, perhaps — that the revolution cannot be allowed to go forward without them. And outside experts say they may have a point.
  德国的这些大型公用事业公司提醒说——也许可以称之为恳求——这场革命要想进行下去,就得带上它们。外部专家称,他们的话或许有点道理。
  The Achilles’ heel of renewable power is that it is intermittent30, so German utilities have had to dial their conventional power plants up and down rapidly to compensate31. The plants are not necessarily profitable when operated this way, and the utilities have been threatening to shut down facilities that some analysts33 say the country needs as backup.
  可再生能源有一个致命的弱点,即供电的间歇性。因此,德国的公用事业公司不得不通过迅速调高或调低传统发电厂的发电量来保持供需平衡。以这种方式运营的传统发电厂未必有利可图,公用事业公司一直扬言要关闭这些电厂,但有分析人士认为德国需要用它们来应对不时之需。
  The situation is further complicated by the government’s determination to get rid of Germany’s nuclear power stations over the next decade, the culmination34 of a long battle that reached its peak after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan. As that plan unfolds, shutting down a source of low-emission power, Germany’s notable success in cutting greenhouse gases has stalled.
  由于德国政府决意放弃核能,情况变得越发复杂。2011年日本福岛核泄漏事故发生后,在德国存在已久的核电站存废之争终于有了结果:该国政府宣布将用10年时间关闭国内的核电站。随着这一计划的实施,清洁电能的一个来源将被切断,德国在温室气体减排方面取得的令人瞩目的成绩已经停滞不前。
  In fact, the problems with the energiewende (pronounced in-ur-GEE-vend-uh) have multiplied so rapidly in the past couple of years that the government is now trying to slow down the transition. “I think we need a little bit of time,” said Jochen Flasbarth, a deputy minister of the environment.
  事实上,能源转型带来的问题在过去几年里迅速增多,以致于德国政府正竭力放缓转型的脚步。“我认为我们还需要一点点时间,”德国环境部副部长约亨·弗拉斯巴斯(Jochen Flasbarth)说。
  Technological35 Innovation
  技术创新
  As renewable energy sources start to cause gyrations in power supplies and prices, experts contend that clever new market rules could keep the costs reasonable.
  可再生能源开始让电力供给和价格产生波动之际,有专家认为,如果新建立的市场规则足够明智,应该可以把成本控制在合理范围内。
  Some of the innovations they recommend are already in use to some extent — pioneered in the United States, with Germany avidly36 studying them. They include regular payments to persuade utilities to keep some fossil-fuel power plants on standby for times when renewable sources lag.
  他们所推荐的一些新制度,在某种程度上已经得到了应用——这些制度是由美国率先实施的,德国正在积极研究。其中包括定期付费给公用事业公司,令其保留一些化石燃料发电厂,在可再生能源短缺时作应急之用。
  “It’s like a retainer you pay your lawyer to keep her around in case you need her,” said Jay Apt, an electricity expert at Carnegie Mellon University.
  “就好比你向你的律师支付聘金,以确保她在你需要的时候一定会出现,”卡内基梅隆大学(Carnegie Mellon University)的电力专家杰伊·阿普特(Jay Apt)说。
  For Germans, the unpredictability of onshore renewable power explains the appeal of offshore37 wind. The stiff, steady breezes in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea mean that turbines built there will produce far more power than land turbines.
  对德国人而言,由于内陆地区可再生能源电力的产量存在不可预测性,海风的吸引力便显现了出来。北海和波罗的海上空的风力强大而稳定,意味着安装在那里的涡轮机在发电量上远远高于内陆地区的涡轮机。
  That is why three utilities have virtually seized control of the tiny resort island of Heligoland, renting out one hotel for 10 years straight. It is the most convenient body of land to use as an operations base for the huge wind farms they are installing, with long-range plans to go as far as 125 miles offshore.
  正因为如此,三家公用事业公司差不多算是把黑尔戈兰岛给占领了,直接与这个度假小岛上的一家酒店签下了10年的租约。它们正按照长期规划建设风电场,一直要建到距海岸125英里远的地方,而黑尔戈兰岛是最适合用来做行动基地的一片陆地。
  The streets of the island are thronged38 with well-paid workers. “Really, all areas on Heligoland are profiting,” declared Eike Walenda, the manager of a local outfitter and fueling station.
  小岛的街道上挤满了待遇优厚的工人。“真的,黑尔戈兰岛每个地块都在获益,”当地一家兼售户外用品的加油站的经理艾克瓦·伦达(Eike Walenda)说。
  The costs of building in the sea are far higher than on land, of course. The price tag of up to $30 million per turbine is not just for the machine itself, but also for power cables, installation and many other items. To induce utilities to go forward, the government has had to guarantee them power prices of several times the market rate.
  当然了,海上风电场的建设费用远高于陆地上的费用。每台涡轮机高达3000万美元的身价不仅仅是机器本身的价格,还包含了电缆费、安装费等好多项费用。为了吸引公用事业公司参与这样的项目,德国政府不得不答应它们把电价提高到市价的好几倍。
  But, just as with earlier forms of renewable technology, the Germans expect the costs of harnessing offshore wind to drop sharply as the market grows over the coming decade. If that happens, the United States could be a big beneficiary. Studies have shown that offshore wind could supply as much as 15 to 20 percent of the power needed by East Coast cities, and construction is about to start on a handful of American projects.
  不过,德国人预计在未来10年里,海风发电的成本可以随着市场规模的增长而大幅下降——就像早期的那些可再生能源发电技术那样。要是成本真降下来,美国也许会成为受益者。有研究表明,海风发电可为东海岸城市供应其所需电量的15%至20%;而且美国的几个项目很快就要开工建设了。
  For now, the German offshore farms are adding billions to the costs consumers are already bearing for solar panels, onshore wind turbines, biogas plants and the rest of the transition to renewable energy. Polls suggest it is a burden they are willing to carry.
  德国消费者已经为太阳能板、内陆地区的风力涡轮机、沼气池,以及向可再生能源时代过渡所需的其他一切承担了高昂的成本,现在,他们又要因海风电场而多承担数十亿美元。民意调查显示,他们乐意担起这副担子。
  “Indeed, the German people are paying significant money,” said Markus Steigenberger, an analyst32 at Agora, the think tank. “But in Germany, we can afford this — we are a rich country. It’s a gift to the world.”
  “事实上,德国民众正付出高昂的代价,”能源智库阿哥拉能源转型的分析师马库斯·施泰根贝格尔(Markus Steigenberger)说,“但在德国,我们能够承担得起——我们是富裕国家。这是我们给世界的礼物。”

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1 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
2 airliner Azxz9v     
n.客机,班机
参考例句:
  • The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
  • The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。
3 milestone c78zM     
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
参考例句:
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
4 costly 7zXxh     
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
参考例句:
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
5 relentless VBjzv     
adj.残酷的,不留情的,无怜悯心的
参考例句:
  • The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
  • Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。
6 lure l8Gz2     
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引
参考例句:
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
7 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地,不安地
参考例句:
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
8 irrelevant ZkGy6     
adj.不恰当的,无关系的,不相干的
参考例句:
  • That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
  • A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上,一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。
9 grids 3ee63c2476f49cd6c03c72e14687b4f7     
n.格子( grid的名词复数 );地图上的坐标方格;(输电线路、天然气管道等的)系统网络;(汽车比赛)赛车起跑线
参考例句:
  • Typical framed structures are beams, grids, plane and space frames or trusses. 典型构架结构为梁、格栅、平面的和空间的框架或桁架。 来自辞典例句
  • The machines deliver trimmed grids for use or stock. 这种机器铸出修整过的板栅,以供使用或储存。 来自辞典例句
10 devastated eb3801a3063ef8b9664b1b4d1f6aaada     
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的
参考例句:
  • The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
  • His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
11 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句:
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
12 legislative K9hzG     
n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
参考例句:
  • Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
  • Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
13 activists 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4     
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 transformation SnFwO     
n.变化;改造;转变
参考例句:
  • Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
  • He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
15 plausible hBCyy     
adj.似真实的,似乎有理的,似乎可信的
参考例句:
  • His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。
  • Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。
16 wrenching 30892474a599ed7ca0cbef49ded6c26b     
n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛
参考例句:
  • China has been through a wrenching series of changes and experiments. 中国经历了一系列艰苦的变革和试验。 来自辞典例句
  • A cold gust swept across her exposed breast, wrenching her back to reality. 一股寒气打击她的敞开的胸膛,把她从梦幻的境地中带了回来。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
17 turmoil CKJzj     
n.骚乱,混乱,动乱
参考例句:
  • His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
  • The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
18 scrapping 6327b12f2e69f7c7fd6f72afe416a20a     
刮,切除坯体余泥
参考例句:
  • He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
  • These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。
19 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
20 plummeting a560b06f9b99975167411b72966f5588     
v.垂直落下,骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
  • The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句
21 spacious YwQwW     
adj.广阔的,宽敞的
参考例句:
  • Our yard is spacious enough for a swimming pool.我们的院子很宽敞,足够建一座游泳池。
  • The room is bright and spacious.这房间很豁亮。
22 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
23 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
24 dangling 4930128e58930768b1c1c75026ebc649     
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口
参考例句:
  • The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果,那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
  • The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上,摇晃着他们的双腿。
25 offset mIZx8     
n.分支,补偿;v.抵消,补偿
参考例句:
  • Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
  • He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
26 wholesale Ig9wL     
n.批发;adv.以批发方式;vt.批发,成批出售
参考例句:
  • The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物,以零售价卖出。
  • Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。
27 ripple isLyh     
n.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进
参考例句:
  • The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
  • The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来,碎在沙滩上。
28 subsidies 84c7dc8329c19e43d3437248757e572c     
n.补贴,津贴,补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
  • Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
29 tack Jq1yb     
n.大头钉;假缝,粗缝
参考例句:
  • He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画。
  • We are going to tack the map on the wall.我们打算把这张地图钉在墙上。
30 intermittent ebCzV     
adj.间歇的,断断续续的
参考例句:
  • Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗?
  • In the daytime intermittent rains freshened all the earth.白天里,时断时续地下着雨,使整个大地都生气勃勃了。
31 compensate AXky7     
vt.补偿,赔偿;酬报 vi.弥补;补偿;抵消
参考例句:
  • She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
  • Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
32 analyst gw7zn     
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
参考例句:
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
33 analysts 167ff30c5034ca70abe2d60a6e760448     
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
34 culmination 9ycxq     
n.顶点;最高潮
参考例句:
  • The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
  • It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。
35 technological gqiwY     
adj.技术的;工艺的
参考例句:
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今, 随着科技进步,生活节奏不断增快。
36 avidly 5d4ad001ea2cae78e80b3d088e2ca387     
adv.渴望地,热心地
参考例句:
  • She read avidly from an early age—books, magazines, anything. 她从小就酷爱阅读——书籍、杂志,无不涉猎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Her melancholy eyes avidly scanned his smiling face. 她说话时两只忧郁的眼睛呆呆地望着他的带笑的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
37 offshore FIux8     
adj.海面的,吹向海面的;adv.向海面
参考例句:
  • A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
  • A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
38 thronged bf76b78f908dbd232106a640231da5ed     
v.成群,挤满( throng的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Mourners thronged to the funeral. 吊唁者蜂拥着前来参加葬礼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The department store was thronged with people. 百货商店挤满了人。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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