逍遥右脑 2018-10-17 11:23
assemble v. 组合
[同]gather
Prosecutors sought to assemble a detailed chronology of the murder night with a parade of witnesses…
检察官陆续访谈了多名证人，以拼组出谋杀案当晚的详细过程。
chronology n. （事件）发生过程的记载
assert v. 主张、断言，宣称
[同]declare
Finally, since quantum physics asserts that matter and energy are interchangeable, we are not individual beings at all but merely local expressions of an infinite, universal field of energy.
最后，既然量子物理主张物质和能量可以互换，那么我们根本不是独立的个体，只不过是宇宙间无限能量场的局部表现而已。
assign v. 指派
The new top officer of the Navy…promised to speed up plans to assign women to all surface vessels and perhaps even allow them aboard submarines, the Navy’s last all-male bastion.
这位新上任的海军高级官员承诺，加速推动派遣女兵登上各舰只服务的计划，甚至可能让女兵进驻潜水艇??这个抗拒女性进入海军的最后据点。
bastion n. 强力护卫某习俗或观念的体制或组织，堡垒
associate v. 将……联想在一起
Comets have long been associated with war, upheaval and disaster.
长久以来，人们总把彗星与战争、动乱和灾难联系在一起。
assure v. 保证
[同]guarantee
But even such battle-hardened successes do not assure victory for AmEx in its quest to reclaim the top standing it lost in 1989 in the $562 billion credit-card industry.
这是历尽艰苦奋斗才得到的成功，即使如此，也不表示美国运通公司必能在营业额达5620亿美金的信用卡业务中，如愿重登龙头宝座。美国运通公司于1989年失去这项宝座。
ban v.&n. 禁止
[同]v. prohibit bar
Beijing bans overseas exhibits of pre-Ming dynasty paintings and calligraphy because of the extreme vulnerability of the ancient brocade, silk and paper.
北京禁止明朝以前的书画出国展览，因为年代久远的锦缎、丝绸与纸张极为脆弱。
注：vulnerability n. 脆弱，易受伤害