经济学人200:炼金术士克里斯蒂娜

 　　1.establishment n.确立；建立；家业

　　Because of the establishment of the patriarchy, androgyny gradually retreated from the mainstream¹ society.

　　但由于父权制度的确立，“双性同体”思想逐渐从主流文化中隐退。

　　2.aspire² v.热望；立志

　　Do you aspire to know the heights, and depths, and lengths, and breadths?

　　你是否热望要知道上帝的长阔高深？

　　3.attract v.吸引；引来

　　The flower show attracted large crowds this year.

　　今年的花展吸引了大批观众。

　　4.predecessor³ n.祖先；前任；原有事物

　　The Yunxian Man fossil skull⁴ is believed by scientists to belong to homo erectus, a predecessor of homo sapiens that walked on their two legs with an upright body posture⁵.

　　科学家们认为袁县人属于直立人，是靠两条腿直立行走的智力人的祖先。

　　5.scheme n.阴谋；计划；方案

　　Their scheme was exposed.

　　他们的阴谋被暴露了。

　　1.establishment n.确立；建立；家业

　　Because of the establishment of the patriarchy, androgyny gradually retreated from the mainstream society.

　　但由于父权制度的确立，“双性同体”思想逐渐从主流文化中隐退。

　　2.aspire v.热望；立志

　　Do you aspire to know the heights, and depths, and lengths, and breadths?

　　你是否热望要知道上帝的长阔高深？

　　3.attract v.吸引；引来

　　The flower show attracted large crowds this year.

　　今年的花展吸引了大批观众。

　　4.predecessor n.祖先；前任；原有事物

　　The Yunxian Man fossil skull is believed by scientists to belong to homo erectus, a predecessor of homo sapiens that walked on their two legs with an upright body posture.

　　科学家们认为袁县人属于直立人，是靠两条腿直立行走的智力人的祖先。

　　5.scheme n.阴谋；计划；方案

　　Their scheme was exposed.

　　他们的阴谋被暴露了。

1 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

2 aspire   

vi.(to，after)渴望，追求，有志于

参考例句：

• Living together with you is what I aspire toward in my life.和你一起生活是我一生最大的愿望。
• I aspire to be an innovator not a follower.我迫切希望能变成个开创者而不是跟随者。

3 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

4 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

5 posture   

n.姿势，姿态，心态，态度；v.作出某种姿势

参考例句：

• The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
• He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。