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english: I get your drift now, I think. If you mean by"integrity", what I would call"consistency" then we've been arguing at cross-purposes.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 我想现在我明白你的意思了。如果你所说的“正直”就是我所说的“一贯性”,那么我们刚才的争吵就是彼此误解了。
pinyin: wǒ xiǎng xiàn zài wǒ míng bai nǐ de yì si le。 rú guǒ nǐ suǒ shuō de“ zhèng zhí” jiù shì wǒ suǒ shuō de“ yī guàn xìng”, nà me wǒ men gāng cái de zhēng chǎo jiù shì bǐ cǐ wù jiě le。
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english: An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 腐生菌;腐生物一种有机物,通常是细菌以死的动植物为食并把它们分解,藉此为生态系统提供有机养分
pinyin: fǔ shēng jùn; fǔ shēng wù yī zhòng yǒu jī wù, tōng cháng shì xì jūn yǐ sǐ de dòng zhí wù wèi sì bìng bǎ tā men fēn jiě, jiè cǐ wéi shēng tài xì tǒng tí gōng yǒu jī yǎng fèn
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english: The case for choice is appealing: by allowing parents to send their children to any school in any neighborhood, underachieving schools will be forced to shape up.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 任意选择[学校]的主意很讨好:允许父母送子女到任何住宅区里的任何学校,可以逼迫成绩落后的学校改进。
pinyin: rèn yì xuǎn zé[ xué xiào] de zhǔ yi hěn tǎo hào: yǔn xǔ fù mǔ sòng zǐ nu:3 dào rèn hé zhù zhái qū lǐ de rèn hé xué xiào, kě yǐ bī pò chéng jī luò hòu de xué xiào gǎi jìn。
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english: In optical recording, refers to the areas of the data tracks which are between the pits. These are typically the areas not touched by the recording laser beam during mastering.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 在光记录技术中,指光道上两个凹槽之间的区域。在制作母盘时记录激光束不照射这些区域。参阅pit。
pinyin: zài guāng jì lù jì shù zhòng, zhǐ guāng dào shàng liǎng gè āo cáo zhī jiān de qū yù。 zài zhì zuò mǔ pán shí jì lù jī guāng shù bù zhào shè zhè xie qū yù。 cān yuèpit。
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english: The boy asked his teacher what leather was and she said"Hide." He asked why she told him go hide. This story plays on words.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 孩子问老师leather(皮革)是什么,老师说是:hide(皮),他问老师为什么让他hide(藏起来)。这个故事是用文字来开玩笑。
pinyin: hái zi wèn lǎo shīleather( pí gé) shì shén me, lǎo shī shuō shì:hide( pí), tā wèn lǎo shī wèi shén me ràng tāhide( zàng qǐ lai)。 zhè gè gù shì shì yòng wén zì lái kāi wán xiào。
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english: The act or an instance of launching or initiating, especially the floating of stocks or bonds or the financing of a business venture by floating stocks or bonds.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 发行公债,发行股票发起或创立的行为或事例,尤指流动股票、债券或由流动股票、债券支持的商业资金
pinyin: fā xíng gōng zhài, fā xíng gǔ piào fā qǐ huò chuàng lì de xíng wéi huò shì lì, yóu zhǐ liú dòng gǔ piào、 zhài quàn huò yóu liú dòng gǔ piào、 zhài quàn zhī chí de shāng yè zī jīn
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english: Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 变性特定的组织、细胞或器官随着受伤、疾病或年老而导致的相应的功能的削弱或丧失,而形成的逐渐的变质
pinyin: biàn xìng tè dìng de zǔ zhī、 xì bāo huò qì guān suí zhe shòu shāng、 jí bìng huò nián lǎo ér dǎo zhì de xiāng yìng de gōng néng de xuē ruò huò sàng shī, ér xíng chéng de zhú jiàn de biàn zhì
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english: Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 变性特定的组织、细胞或器官随着受伤、疾病或年老而导致的相应的功能的削弱或丧失,而形成的逐渐的变质
pinyin: biàn xìng tè dìng de zǔ zhī、 xì bāo huò qì guān suí zhe shòu shāng、 jí bìng huò nián lǎo ér dǎo zhì de xiāng yìng de gōng néng de xuē ruò huò sàng shī, ér xíng chéng de zhú jiàn de biàn zhì
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english: England is, and has always been, a country infested with people who love to tell up what to do, but who rarely seem to know what's going on.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 英格兰这国家过去和现在一样,到处可碰见这样的人:他们喜欢发号施令,但对正在发生的事情却似乎知之甚少。
pinyin: yīng gé lán zhè guó jiā guò qu huò xiàn zài yí yàng, dào chù kě pèng jiàn zhè yàng de rén: tā men xǐ huan fà hào shī lìng, dàn duì zhèng zài fā shēng de shì qing què sì hu zhī zhī shèn shào。
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english: Gradual deterioration of specific tissues, cells, or organs with corresponding impairment or loss of function, caused by injury, disease, or aging.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 变性特定的组织、细胞或器官随着受伤、疾病或年老而导致的相应的功能的削弱或丧失,而形成的逐渐的变质
pinyin: biàn xìng tè dìng de zǔ zhī、 xì bāo huò qì guān suí zhe shòu shāng、 jí bìng huò nián lǎo ér dǎo zhì de xiāng yìng de gōng néng de xuē ruò huò sàng shī, ér xíng chéng de zhú jiàn de biàn zhì
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english: The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 服这器官妙得很,它从你在早上起床的一刹那时就开始工作,而且直至你进入办公室为止,是不会停止(工作)的。
pinyin: fú zhè qì guān miào de hěn, tā zòng nǐ zài zǎo shang qǐ chuáng de yī chà nà shí jiù kāi shǐ gōng zuò, ér qiě zhí zhì nǐ jìn rù bàn gōng shì wéi zhǐ, shì bù huì tíng zhǐ( gōng zuò) de。
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english: An award given annually since1984 by the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City for achievement in dance and the performing arts.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 贝西奖一种自1984年以来每年由“纽约市舞蹈剧院创作室”颁发的奖项,为在舞蹈和表演艺术方面取得的成就而设立
pinyin: bèi xī jiǎng yī zhòng zì1984 nián yǐ lái měi nián yóu“ Niǔ Yuē shì wǔ dǎo jù yuàn chuàng zuò shì” bān fā de jiǎng xiàng, wèi zài wǔ dǎo huò biǎo yǎn yì shù fāng miàn qǔ dé de chéng jiù ér shè lì
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english: Also, sometimes, intelligent. With a function that can be established or changed by means of a program;("a programmable terminal";"a programmable machine tool").
hsk: 4
mandarin: 其功能可以利用程序建立或改变的,有时也称智能的(例如“一个可编程终端”,“一个可编程的机床”)。
pinyin: qí gōng néng kě yǐ lì yòng chéng xù jiàn lì huò gǎi biàn de, yǒu shí yě chèng zhì néng de( lì rú“ yī gè kě biān chéng zhōng duān”,“ yī gè kě biān chéng de jī chuáng”)。
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english: A simple device, such as a lever, a pulley, or an inclined plane, that alters the magnitude or direction, or both, of an applied force; a simple machine.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 机械装置一个简单装置,如杠杆、滑轮或斜面刨,可以改变作用力的大小或方向或同时改变;简单机械装置
pinyin: jī xiè zhuāng zhì yī gè jiǎn dān zhuāng zhì, rú gāng gǎn、 huá lún huò xié miàn páo, kě yǐ gǎi biàn zuò yòng lì de dà xiǎo huò fāng xiàng huò tóng shí gǎi biàn; jiǎn dān jī xiè zhuāng zhì
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english: A gentleman may have money or may sponge on his friends; the criterion of a gentleman is that however poor he may be he still refuses to do useful work.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 绅士可能有钱、或者可能依赖朋友过活;绅士的准则是,无论他怎么穷也罢,他依然是拒绝做任何有用的工作的。
pinyin: shēn shì kě néng yǒu qián、 huò zhě kě néng yī lài péng you guò huó; shēn shì de zhǔn zé shì, wú lùn tā zěn me qióng yě ba, tā yī rán shì jù jué zuò rèn hé yǒu yòng de gōng zuò de。
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english: Leaders of other republics mutter openly now about a new Russian imperialism, while former chieftains shed crocodile tears over the violation of"human rights."
hsk: 4
mandarin: 其他共和国现在公开抱怨新俄罗斯帝国主义,同时以前的那些头儿们也假惺惺地为违反“人权”一掬同情之泪。
pinyin: qí tā gòng hé guó xiàn zài gōng kāi bào yuàn xīn é Luó sī dì guó zhǔ yì, tóng shí yǐ qián de nà xiē tou er men yě jià xīng xīng de wèi wéi fǎn“ rén quán” yī掬 tóng qíng zhī lèi。
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english: A province of southeast China on the East China Sea and the Formosa Strait. Agriculture and fishing are important to its economy. Fuzhou is the capital. Population, 27,130,000.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 福建中国东南部的一个省份,濒临东海和台湾海峡。经济以农业和渔业为主,省会为福州。人口27,130,000
pinyin: fú jiàn Zhōng guó dōng nán bù de yī gè shěng fèn, bīn lín dōng hǎi huò Tái wān hǎi xiá。 jīng jì yǐ nóng yè huò yú yè wèi zhǔ, shěng huì wèi Fú zhōu。 rén kǒú7,130,000
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english: A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word, such as man, or a word element, such as-ed in walked, that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 语素一种含有一个单词的有意义的语言单位,如人或一词素,如-ed在单词walked中,不能被划分为更小的有意义单位
pinyin: yǔ sù yī zhòng hán yǒu yī gè dān cí de yǒu yì yì de yǔ yán dān wèi, rú rén huò yī cí sù, rú-ed zài dān cíwalked zhòng, bù néng bèi huà fēn wèi gèng xiǎo de yǒu yì yì dān wèi
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english: A word, a phrase, or an idiom peculiar to the English language, especially as spoken in England; a Briticism.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 英国习语,英国特有用词,英国式的语言现象英语,尤其是在英语口语中所特有的单词、短语或习惯用语;英国式语言现象
pinyin: Yīng guó xí yù, Yīng guó tè yǒu yòng cí, Yīng guó shì de yǔ yán xiàn xiàng Yīng yǔ, yóu qí shì zài Yīng yǔ kǒu yǔ zhòng suǒ tè yǒu de dān cí、 duǎn yù huò xí guàn yòng yǔ; Yīng guó shì yǔ yán xiàn xiàng
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english: A period of life characterized by physiological and psychic change that marks the end of the reproductive capacity of women and terminates with the completion of menopause.
hsk: 4
mandarin: 绝经期,更年期生命的一个阶段,特征是标志妇女生殖能力终结及以停经完成为结束的生理、心理变化
pinyin: jué jīng qī, gèng nián qī shēng mìng de yī gè jiē duàn, tè zhēng shì biāo zhì fù nu:3 shēng zhí néng lì zhōng jié jí yǐ tíng jīng wán chéng wèi jié shù de shēng lǐ、 xīn lǐ biàn huà
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