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While it may sound like an advantage to many, people with this rare condition often find their unusual ability burdensome.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
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I'm extremely sensitive to sounds, smells and visual detail, explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken part in many of these studies.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
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They're also only a single layer in what should ideally be a many-sided approach to securing your home, one that includes common sense things like sound locks and proper exterior lighting at night.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
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Snow White is available for everyone to use, but the dwarfs are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters ( ' , Grumpy Gus, Dopey Dan) to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
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In her experience, people in positions of power or people in finance or engineering do not tend to like the sound of the word.
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From there, it's up to you to sound the alarm manually.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
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There’s one sound that gets a big reaction from kids on a hot day: the sound of an ice-cream truck.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
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The enemy fled, believing the sounds to be the warning voicesof angels.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
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It sounds almost too good to be true.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
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That sounds like a bad deal for the power company, but it's not
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
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Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at the last minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
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The way in which Mr Jobs revived the failing company he had co-founded and turned it into the world's biggest tech firm (bigger even than Bill Gates's Microsoft, the company that had outsmarted Apple so dramatically in the 1980s), sounds like something from a Hollywood movie.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文
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The sound equipment has to be set up.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
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You sounded very excited about it!
出自-2013年6月听力原文
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I'm no expert, but that noise in your refrigerator doesn't sound right.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
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There's one sound that gets a big reaction from kids on a hot day: the sound of an ice-cream truck.
2016年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
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While they sound efficient and cost-saving, a recent study reports that they are not effective, primarily because depressed patients are not likely to engage with them or stick with them.
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
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Why, then, has this claim become so popular?Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
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Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.
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Of course, that may sound like a description of every teenager on the planet.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
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Good, sound science depends on hypotheses, experiments and reasoned methodologies.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A
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Having your personal satellite launched into orbit might sound like an idea straight out of science fiction.
2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
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If it doesn't sound like too much of a cliché, our world is constantly changing and it's changing quickly.
2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
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It is important to buy the insurance from companies that are financially sound and that are represented by honest, well- trained agents.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
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Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.
2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
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Stereotype may sound like a bad word, but there is nothing bad about it.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
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That doesn't sound like too much work.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
Noun
1. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
"the sound of rain on the roof""the beautiful sound of music"2. the subjective sensation of hearing something;
"he strained to hear the faint sounds"3. mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;
"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"4. the sudden occurrence of an audible event;
"the sound awakened them"5. the audible part of a transmitted signal;
"they always raise the audio for commercials"6. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
7. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
8. a large ocean inlet or deep bay;
"the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"Verb
1. appear in a certain way;
"This sounds interesting"2. make a certain noise or sound;
"She went `Mmmmm'""The gun went `bang'"3. give off a certain sound or sounds;
"This record sounds scratchy"4. announce by means of a sound;
"sound the alarm"5. utter with vibrating vocal chords
6. cause to sound;
"sound the bell""sound a certain note"7. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Adjective
1. financially secure and safe;
"sound investments""a sound economy"2. exercising or showing good judgment;
"healthy scepticism""a healthy fear of rattlesnakes""the healthy attitude of French laws""healthy relations between labor and management""an intelligent solution""a sound approach to the problem""sound advice""no sound explanation for his decision"3. in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay;
"a sound timber""the wall is sound""a sound foundation"4. in excellent physical condition;
"good teeth""I still have one good leg""a sound mind in a sound body"5. reflects weight of sound argument or evidence;
"a sound argument"6. having legal efficacy or force;
"a sound title to the property"7. free from moral defect;
"a man of sound character"8. (of sleep) deep and complete;
"a heavy sleep""fell into a profound sleep""a sound sleeper""deep wakeless sleep"9. thorough;
"a sound thrashing"Adverb
1. deeply or completely;
"slept soundly through the storm""is sound asleep"