新概念英语(第二版第四册)新概念英语Lesson 55 complicating = difficult 复杂 unintelligible 难以理解的 not until 直到……才 until 直到……为止 profitable 有利可图的 = beneficial preliminary 基本,基础 = basic have been 的用法:后面的动作,一定是要和前面构成一个完成,后面的完成才能引发前面 的动作 violently opposed 强烈的反对 require 虚拟 weighting 称重 item 选择的课题,项目 one of the items or another in all the less controversial fields…在不太令人争论的一些领域 nebulae 星云 all that we know of…… that we know 做 all 的后置定语 of 做 all 的后置定语 social insects 群居生活的昆虫 let us say = so to speak major social sciences 主要的社会学 substitute 替换,替代 that of 作同位语 anthropology 人类学 as long as = if 只要,如果 degree of sophistication = understanding 理解 set over against 与……对比 these institutions 这些习俗 指前面 belief,superstition |