📖 Strange Patent Applications 奇怪的专利申请
第 38 篇 · 共 40 篇 | 高考词汇以 绿色 高亮,下方附释义
S1
I set about working in the current Patent Office after resigning from the court personnel.
从法院的人事部门辞职后,我开始在现在的专利局工作。
set about 开始、着手
patent 专利
resign 辞职
personnel 人员、人事部门
S2
Competent and dynamic, I never feel passive while diving into the identifications of whether applications are valid and practical according to the new version of the criteria.
我能干又充满活力,在潜心研究那些申请是否符合新版标准(是否有效、实用)时,我从不觉得被动。
competent 有能力的、胜任的
dynamic 有活力的、积极的
passive 消极的、被动的
dive into 潜心研究、埋头于
S3
With the expectation of distinguishing their own importance, some people leave the beaten track and file strange products with us now and then, for example, lantern that can be attached on your forehead, cubic walnuts, refrigerator made of straw and glue, perfume that nobody can bear to smell, and so on.
为了显示出自己的与众不同(突出自己的重要性),有些人总是不走寻常路,不时地找我们提交一些奇怪的产品申请,例如可以贴在前额的灯笼、立方体的核桃、用稻草和胶水做的冰箱、没有人受得了闻的香水,等等。
leave the beaten track 不走寻常路、别出心裁
file 提交(申请)、提出
attach 贴、系、安装
cubic 立方体的
S4
Once, a man made a triangle helicopter out of stainless wires and string.
有一次,一个人用不锈钢丝和细绳做了一架三角形的直升机。
triangle 三角形(的)
stainless 不锈钢的
string 细绳、线
S5
He called us up and merrily claimed it was stable and convenient to use, and never out of order.
他给我们打来电话,兴高采烈地声称这架直升机既稳定又好用,而且从不出故障。
claim 声称、宣称
stable 稳定的
convenient 方便的
out of order 出故障、出毛病
S6
I asked him to hang on, but this innocent man just rang off and set out to fly from his courtyard.
我让他先别挂电话,可这个天真的家伙直接就挂断了,然后动身从他的院子里起飞了。
hang on 稍等、别挂断(电话)
innocent 天真的、无辜的
ring off 挂断电话
set out 出发、动身
S7
I dialed his number in the directory trying to ring him back, but never got through.
我在电话簿里找到他的号码拨了过去,想给他回个电话,却怎么也打不通。
dial 拨(电话号码)
directory 电话簿、目录
ring back 回电话
get through 接通(电话)
S8
Merciful God blessing, an abrupt freezing rainfall made his powder wet.
谢天谢地,一场突如其来的冰冷降雨把他的(飞行)粉末弄湿了。
abrupt 突然的
freezing 极冷的、严寒的
powder 粉末
S9
Luckily, the trouble was without any extension except that he crashed into a greengrocer's making all the ripe fruits become messy jam.
幸运的是,麻烦没有进一步扩大,只不过他撞进了一家蔬菜水果店,把店里所有成熟的水果都撞成了一团乱糟糟的果酱。
crash into 撞上
greengrocer's 蔬菜水果店
ripe 成熟的
jam 果酱
S10
When people seized this crazy man with caution and sobered him by tapping his face, he complained about the bad weather instead of associating his failure with his unscientific design.
当人们小心翼翼地抓住这个疯狂的家伙,轻拍他的脸让他清醒过来后,他却只顾抱怨天气不好,而没有把自己的失败与他那不科学的设计联系起来。
seize 抓住、逮住
sober 使清醒
associate... with 把…和…联系起来
unscientific 不科学的