探索地外生命：从行星气候到观测挑战

名词气氛; 大气层; 大气，空气; 风格，基调

1. 大气;大气层;大气圈
A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.

e.g. ...dangerous levels of pollution in the Earth's atmosphere...
地球大气层污染程度严重
e.g. The Partial Test-Ban Treaty bans nuclear testing in the atmosphere.
《部分禁止核试验条约》禁止在大气层中进行核试验。

2. （呼吸的）空气
The atmosphere of a place is the air that you breathe there.

e.g. These gases pollute the atmosphere of towns and cities.
这些气体污染了城镇的空气。

3. 氛围；环境
The atmosphere of a place is the general impression that you get of it.

e.g. Pale wooden floors and plenty of natural light add to the relaxed atmosphere...
淡色木地板和充足的自然光平添了几分轻松的氛围。
e.g. There's still an atmosphere of great hostility and tension in the city.
强烈的敌对和紧张气氛依然笼罩着这座城市。

4. （地方或事件的）情调，魅力
If a place or an event has atmosphere, it is interesting.

e.g. The old harbour is still full of atmosphere and well worth visiting.
这座古老的港口依然充满了情趣，颇值得一游。

名词作文，作曲; 创作; 构图，布置; 妥协，和解

1. 组成;构成;组合方式
When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.

e.g. Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions...
电视改变了重大体育赛事观众的规模和其社会阶层构成结构。
e.g. Forests vary greatly in composition from one part of the country to another.
一个国家不同区域的森林在组成结构上存在很大的差异。

2. (作曲家、画家等的)作品
The compositions of a composer, painter, or other artist are the works of art that they have produced.

e.g. Mozart's compositions are undoubtedly amongst the world's greatest.
莫扎特的作品无疑位居世界上最伟大的作品之列。

3. (学生的)作文
A composition is a piece of written work that children write at school.

4. 艺术创作技巧
Composition is the technique or skill involved in creating a work of art.

e.g. He taught the piano, organ and composition...
他教授钢琴、管风琴和作曲。
e.g. The course is designed to help students with colour and composition.
设置这门课程是为了指导学生如何运用色彩和构图。

5. (音乐、诗歌等的)创作，作曲
Composition is the act of composing something such as a piece of music or a poem.

e.g. These plays are arranged in their order of composition.
这些剧作是按照其创作的先后顺序安排的。

名词温室，花房; [军]俚周围有玻璃的座舱，轰炸员舱

1. 温室；暖房
A greenhouse is a glass building in which you grow plants that need to be protected from bad weather.

2. 温室效应的；引起温室效应的
Greenhouse means relating to or causing the greenhouse effect.

名词轨道; 眼眶; 势力范围; （人生的）旅程，生活过程

及物/不及物动词在…轨道上运行，环绕轨道运行

不及物动词盘旋; 绕轨道运行

及物动词绕轨道而行; 进入轨道

1. （天体等运行的）轨道
An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.

e.g. Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time...
火星与地球的运行轨道随着时间而变化。
e.g. The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.
这颗行星可能正环绕着一颗小恒星运行。

2. 环绕…的轨道运行
If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path.

e.g. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth.
1957年，苏联发射了第一颗绕地卫星。

3. （影响所及的）范围，领域，圈子
The orbit of a particular person, group, or institution is the area over which they have influence.

e.g. In the late 1970s Laos fell within the orbit of Vietnam and the Soviet Union.
20世纪70年代末，老挝被纳入了越南和苏联的势力范围。

名词方向，定位，取向，排列方向; 任职培训; （外交等的）方针[态度]的确定; 环境判定

1. （组织、国家等的）方向，目标，定位
If you talk about the orientation of an organization or country, you are talking about the kinds of aims and interests it has.

e.g. ...a marketing orientation...
营销定位
e.g. To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer...
对于一个迷失了方向的社会，他能做的有很多。

2. （某人在信仰或偏好上基本的）态度，取向
Someone's orientation is their basic beliefs or preferences.

e.g. ...legislation that would have made discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal.
本来会将性取向歧视定为非法的法规

3. （岗前、学前、课前等的）情况介绍，培训，训练
Orientation is basic information or training that is given to people starting a new job, school, or course.

e.g. They give their new employees a day or two of perfunctory orientation.
他们对新员工进行了一两天例行公事的培训。
e.g. ...a one-day orientation session.
为期一天的迎新会

4. （建筑物等的）朝向
The orientation of a structure or object is the direction it faces.

e.g. Farnese had the orientation of the church changed so that the front would face a square.
法尔内塞改变了教堂的朝向，这样它的正面就可以对着广场。

名词波段; 物波长; 完全一致，融洽

1. 波长
A wavelength is the distance between a part of a wave of energy such as light or sound and the next similar part.

e.g. Sunlight consists of different wavelengths of radiation...
阳光由几种不同波长的射线组成。
e.g. Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red.
蓝光的波长比红光的短。

2. 广播波段
A wavelength is the size of radio wave which a particular radio station uses to broadcast its programmes.

e.g. She found the wavelength of their broadcasts, and left the radio tuned to their station.
她找到了他们的广播波段，把收音机调到那个位置收听他们电台的节目。

3. 志趣相投;观点一致
If two people are on the same wavelength, they find it easy to understand each other and they tend to agree, because they share similar interests or opinions.

e.g. It's great to work with people who are on the same wavelength.
与志同道合的人一起工作真是太棒了。