Vocabolario TOEFL

mark left by a single movement of a paintbrush

笔触；画笔一次运动留下的痕迹

A defect in a computer program that can make it behave incorrectly.

程序缺陷；导致软件行为不正确的错误

To use an existing idea, achievement, or experience as a basis for further development.

在……基础上发展；利用已有观点、成果或经验继续推进

covered with many buildings

建筑密集的；已建成的

raised earth covering one or more graves

墓冢；坟丘

place where dead people were buried

墓葬地点；埋葬地

university official responsible for student accounts

大学财务主管

sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest

半身雕像；表现头部、肩部及通常包括胸部上方的雕像

when compared with the case that has just been mentioned

相比之下；比较起来

used to introduce a case or feature that differs from one just described

相比之下；与之相对；引出和前述情况不同的对象或特点

before or at the point when the event in the following clause happens

到……的时候；在……之前或之时

used to introduce an additional point or a topic that is not the main focus of the conversation

顺便说一下；另外

unwanted or nontarget animals caught during fishing

兼捕物；非目标或因无法保留而丢弃的渔获生物

A tendency for an individual to be less likely to offer needed help when other people are present.

旁观者效应；有其他人在场时，个体较不容易主动提供所需帮助的倾向

group of senior government ministers

内阁

self-service place where meals are sold

自助餐厅；食堂

establish measurement relation using reference standards

校准

relationship between instrument readings and reference values

校准；校准过程

to cancel an arranged event or stop an activity that was planned or underway

取消；中止

appearance that makes an organism hard to notice

伪装；保护色

organized effort to win support in an election

竞选活动；选举宣传活动

strong woven cloth used as a surface for painting

画布；通常绷在框架上用于绘画的结实织物

The ability of a person or system to perform a particular function.

能力；个人或系统执行特定功能的能力

having the ability or qualities needed to do something

有能力的；具备完成某事所需条件的

The maximum number of students a course or class can accommodate.

课程容量；可容纳的学生人数

Produced assets, such as machinery and buildings, used to make other goods or provide services.

资本；用于生产其他商品或提供服务的机器、建筑物等已生产资产

A short piece of text that identifies or explains an image.

图片说明；用于标识或解释图像的简短文字

group traveling together with pack animals or vehicles

商队；旅行队

nutrient class including sugars starches and fiber

碳水化合物