书籍 Insight - 高级 - 单元 5 - 5D

the result or consequence of a situation, event, or action

结果

a problem that gets in the way of a process or makes it worse

阻碍进步的事物

a brief heavy rainfall

大雨

the unexpected start of something terrible, such as a disease

发作

the way that our parents care for us or teach us to behave in our childhood

教养

a piece of painted cloth that is hung at the back of a theater stage as part of the scenery

剧院幕布

the cause or source of a person's ruin or failure

倒台

a feeling of disappointment or sadness due to something not meeting one's expectations or hopes

失望

a situation in which people join together to fight against those in power

起义

a complete or disappointing failure

冲刷

the distance of a point north or south of the equator that is measured in degrees

纬度

an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole, which helps to measure how far east or west a place is on Earth

本初子午线

a hypothetical line around the Earth that divides it into Northern and Southern hemispheres

赤道

the distance of a point east or west of the meridian at Greenwich that is measured in degrees

经度

one half of the earth divided by the equator

半球

imaginary lines that run horizontally around the Earth, used to measure how far north or south a place is from the middle of the Earth

纬线

each of the two parallel and imaginary lines around the earth that is 23°26ʹ south or north of the equator

热带

a point or location on the opposite side of the Earth, exactly opposite another point, often used to describe places that are directly across from each other on the globe

对映体

the biggest and deepest ocean in the world, stretching between Asia and the Americas, famous for its calmness and rich variety of sea life

a vast region that forms part of a continent, especially the part of Asia that includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

次大陸