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Cairo is known for its overcrowded roads, irregular driving practices and shaky old vehicles, but also for its air pollution.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
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Solar homes produce the most power on the hot sunny afternoons when everyone rushes home to turn up the air conditioner.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
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Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
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Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
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What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight
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It's good to get back to some fresh air.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
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What controls remain for the users will be audio-based, so, for example, you'll just have to say "a bit warmer", and the air conditioning will adjust automatically
出自-2013年6月听力原文
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In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
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Whether she can travel by air.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
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This doesn't mean to put on airs and say "do you know who I am?
出自-2010年6月听力原文
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"One of the risk factors for premature deaths is the air we breathe, over which individuals have little control," he said.
2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
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air pollution costs the global economy more than $5 trillion annually in welfare costs, with the most serious damage occurring in the developing world.
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Although in-flight infections thrive in dry environments like airplanes, your risk of getting sick from an airplane is actually low because of the air filters used.
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Around 9 in 10 people in low- and middle-income countries live in places where they regularly experience dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution.
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If you're planning on being one of them soon, you might not be looking forward to the unpleasant feeling air travel often leaves you with.
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It has been trying out monitoring stations that are intended to yield minute-to-minute maps of outdoor air pollution.
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millions die early from air pollution each year.
2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
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One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easy access to air travel.
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Perception of sweet and salty foods dropped by almost individuals percent in a simulation of air travel.
2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
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the 20th century a highway, car, truck century—and the 21st century will increasingly be an aviation century, as the globe becomes increasingly connected by air, " Kasarda says.
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The air you breathe in a plane dries out your mouth and nose, which can affect your sense of taste.
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The airlander 10 spent nearly 2 hours in the air, having taken off from Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire.
2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
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The effects of air pollution are worst in the developing world, where in some places lost-labor income equals-nearly 1% of GDP.
2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
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The figures include a number of costs associated with air pollution.
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The report includes both indoor and outdoor air pollution.
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Then again, the air of accountability that the camera generates can also work in contractors' favor.
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Therefore, these new findings should help airplane passengers to feel less vulnerable to catching respiratory infections while traveling by air.
2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
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Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks, clean rivers, clean air and poisonfree food.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
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As if that were not enough, a Brazilian C-130 Hercules military transport plane has remained stranded near the runway of Chile's air base here since it crash-landed in 2014.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
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In the meantime, the amount of CO2 in the air is rapidly approaching the limits proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
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James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
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We can pollute the air with acids, the rivers with sewage(污水), the seas with oil
出自-2013年12月听力原文
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By inhaling air polluted with the virus.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
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The higher one climbs, the less oxygen there is in the air.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
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When people don't get enough oxygen, they often begin togasp for air
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In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
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5 million people died prematurely from outdoor air pollution in 2015.
2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
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As stories go through the chains of people, they are refined, corrected and sorted out until they come finally to me and I have a chance to read through most stories before I go on the air.
2015年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
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But all these concepts are massively expensive, require safety certification standards for road and air, need dual controls, involve complex folding wings and propellers,and have to be flown from air-strips.
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Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks, clean rivers, clean air and poison-free food.
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In two cases, huge machines have been used to lift the buildings up to 30 centimeters into the air.
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Journalist Sarah Scoles reports that NASA currently tracks about 24,000 objects in space, and in 2016 the air Force had to issue 3,995,874 warnings to satellite owners alerting them to a potential nearby threat from another satellite or bit of debris.
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Online security cameras, intelligent lighting and a wealth of sensors that control both temperature and air quality are offering an unprecedented level of control, efficiency, and improvements to what were once classed necessary costs when running a busin
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That presumably included much more water than the tiny trace we find blowing in the thick air today.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
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The air can stay warmer, longer too.
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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The persistent haze over many of our cities is a reminder of the polluted air that we breathe, over 80% of the world's urban population is breathing air that fails to meet World Health Organisation guidelines.
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They soar up to 40 meters into the cold air.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
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This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepreneur has amassed comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
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Traffic has become synonymous with air pollution, and many countries intend to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the next two decades.
2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
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without those masses of cooling sea ice, warm air brought to the Arctic can penetrate further inland than it ever did before.
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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N-UNCOUNT
空气;大气
Air is the mixture of gases which forms the earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
例句
Draughts help to circulate air...
穿堂风有助于空气流通。
Keith opened the window and leaned out into the cold air.
基思打开窗户,探出身到冷风中。
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N-SING
天空;空中;空间
The air is the space around things or above the ground.
例句
Government troops broke up the protest by firing their guns in the air...
政府军队朝天鸣枪驱散了抗议人群。
People's cigarette smoke seemed to hang in the air.
人们吸烟的烟雾似乎会长时间滞留在空气中。
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N-UNCOUNT
空运;航空
Air is used to refer to travel in aircraft.
例句
Air travel will continue to grow at about 6% per year...
乘飞机旅行的人数将以每年大约6%的速度持续增加。
Casualties had to be brought to hospital by air.
伤者不得不用飞机送往医院。
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N-COUNT
(简单易记的)曲调,旋律
An air is a simple tune which can be easily recognized and remembered.
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N-SING
神态;感觉;总体印象;氛围
If you say that someone or something has a particular air, you mean that they give this general impression.
例句
Jennifer regarded him with an air of amusement...
珍妮弗觉得他很风趣。
The meal gave the occasion an almost festive air.
这一餐使整个场合有了近乎节日般的喜庆氛围。
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N-PLURAL
矫揉造作;装腔作势;做作
If you say that someone is putting on airs or giving themselves airs, you are criticizing them for behaving as if they are better than other people.
例句
We're poor and we never put on airs.
我们贫穷但从不装腔作势。
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VERB
(通过电视或无线电)播送,播放
If a broadcasting company airs a television or radio programme, they show it on television or broadcast it on the radio.
例句
Tonight PBS will air a documentary called 'Democracy In Action'.
今晚公共广播公司将播放一部名为《民主进行时》的纪录片。
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VERB
使公开;宣扬
If you air your opinions, you make them known to people.
例句
They sat for more than six hours, and both sides agreed they had aired all their differences...
他们一起坐了六个多小时,而且双方都认为他们已经表达了所有的不同意见。
The whole issue was thoroughly aired at the meeting.
在会上完全公开了整个问题。
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VERB
使通风
If you air a room or building, you let fresh air into it.
例句
One day a week her mother systematically cleaned and aired each room.
她母亲按部就班地每周一次清扫所有的房间并开窗通风。
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VERB
烘干(衣物、被褥)
If you air clothing or bedding, you put it somewhere warm to make sure that it is completely dry.
例句
When the shirts were clean, I ironed them myself, aired them and placed them in drawers in his room.
衬衫洗干净之后,我自己将它们熨好、烘干并放在他房间的抽屉里。
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PHRASE
消除分歧;解决问题
If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
例句
...an inquiry just to clear the air and settle the facts of the case.
一项只为消除疑团并弄清案件事实而进行的调查
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PHRASE
大模大样;摆架子;装腔作势
If you refer to someone's airs and graces, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they think they are more important than other people.
例句
The old cliché of the customer being always right is what gives them airs and graces.
“顾客总是对的”这种陈词滥调让他们变得趾高气扬。
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PHRASE
可感觉到;可被意识到
If something is in the air it is felt to be present, but it is not talked about.
例句
There was great excitement in the air...
人人都感到无比激动。
She walked away and left the question hanging in the air.
她走开了,将疑问留在人们心里。
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PHRASE
播送(广播、电视节目);(广播、电视节目)播放/停止播放
If someone is on the air, they are broadcasting on radio or television. If a programme is on the air, it is being broadcast on radio or television. If it is off the air, it is not being broadcast.
例句
She is going on the air as presenter of a new show...
她即将上电视主持一档新节目。
Rockwell hopes the program can be on the air within a year...
罗克韦尔希望该节目能在一年内播出。
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PHRASE
(消失得)无影无踪/突然神秘地(出现)
If someone or something disappears into thin air, they disappear completely. If someone or something appears out of thin air, they appear suddenly and mysteriously.
例句
'But where could they have gone?' he demanded. 'They can't just vanish into thin air!'...
“但是他们可能去哪里呢?”他追问道,“他们不可能就神秘消失了!”
He had materialized out of thin air; I had not seen or heard him coming.
他突然间神秘地出现了;我既没看见他来,也没听见他的脚步声。
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PHRASE
悬而未决;未决定
If you say that a decision or a situation is up in the air, you mean that it has not yet been completely settled or planned.
例句
He told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air.
今天他告诉记者们总统是否前往莫斯科尚未确定。
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PHRASE
非常高兴;兴高采烈
If you say that you are walking on air or floating on air, you mean that you feel extremely happy about something.
例句
As soon as I know I'm in the team it's like I'm walking on air.
一得知我加入了这个队,我高兴得像飞上了天。
Noun
1. a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of;
"air pollution""a smell of chemicals in the air""open a window and let in some air""I need some fresh air"2. travel via aircraft;
"air travel involves too much waiting in airports""if you've time to spare go by air"3. the region above the ground;
"her hand stopped in mid air""he threw the ball into the air"4. medium for radio and television broadcasting;
"the program was on the air from 9 til midnight""the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people"5. a slight wind (usually refreshing);
"the breeze was cooled by the lake""as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"6. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;
"an air of mystery""the house had a neglected air""an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters""the place had an aura of romance"7. the mass of air surrounding the Earth;
"there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere""it was exposed to the air"8. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
"she was humming an air from Beethoven"9. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Verb
1. expose to fresh air;
"aerate your old sneakers"2. be broadcast;
"This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M."3. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;
"We cannot air this X-rated song"4. make public;
"She aired her opinions on welfare"5. expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry;
"Air linen"6. expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen;
"air the old winter clothes""air out the smoke-filled rooms"Adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air;
"air war""air safety""air travel"