2。 An invention had to be made before the limitations of stone could be overe and alternative architectural forms could be created。 新的發明必須要在石頭的限制被克服並創造出替代的建築形式之前出現。
3。 If the pores are large; the water in them will exist as drops and are too heavy for surface tension; but if the pores are small enough; the water in them will exist as thin films that are too light to overe the force of surface tension and be firmly held。 如果氣孔很大,那麼它其中的水就會以水滴的形式存在,這樣就會太重而導致表面張力無法承受;但是如果氣孔足夠小,其中的水就會以薄膜的形式存在,由於重量太輕而無法克服表面張力,這樣就會被穩定地承托住。
同義 conquer; defeat(v。 戰勝)
要點 overe多指“戰勝或克服困難”,尤其是研究或科學技術層面上的困難,比如:overe the technical difficulties“克服技術難題”。
overshadow[?ouv?r'??dou]v。 給…蒙上陰影;使…不快;使…顯得不重要
例句 The booming of recorded sound has overshadowed the rich diversity of technological and aesthetic experiments with the visual images; which were developing simultaneously。 錄音的急速發展使帶有視覺影象的技術和美學實驗的多樣性黯然失色,而這些是與錄音同時發展的。
overtake[?ouv?r'teik]v。 追上,超越;突然降臨於;超車
例句 1。 Clean energy; for example biofuel; may overtake oil as the mainly used fuel in the next century。 在下個世紀,生物燃料這類的清潔能源或將取代石油成為主要燃料。
2。 It is proved to be dangerous to overtake on a bend。 在彎道上超車很危險。
overwhelming[?ouv?r'welmi?]a。 壓倒一切的,勢不可擋的;巨大的
例句 The overwhelming evidence of anthropology; linguistics; and archaeology shows that the Pacific islanders were skilled enough to be navigators to sail against the prevailing winds and currents。 人類學、語言學和考古學的有力證據都顯示,居住在太平洋島上的人們擁有領航員才擁有的技巧,可以迎著強大的風和水流航行。
要點 這個單詞可以起到突出強調的作用,通常用於形容事物的影響力之大。
parlor['pɑ:rl?r]n。 客廳
例句 The first kinetoscope parlors for viewing films were modeled on phonograph parlors。 最早用於觀影的電影放映廳是在模仿留聲機音樂播放廳的基礎上建立的。
patchy['p??i]a。 有補丁的;質量不一致的;不均勻的
例句 A patchy environment is thought to increase