初级英语阅读：如何通过兴趣赢得同伴认可

不及物动词爆发; 喷发; 突然发生; 出疹

及物动词爆发

1. （火山）喷发，爆发
When a volcano erupts, it throws out a lot of hot, melted rock called lava, as well as ash and steam.

e.g. The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state...
那座火山在1980年喷发，摧毁了华盛顿州大片地区。
e.g. Scientists say Mount Pinatubo could erupt again soon.
科学家说皮纳图博山近期可能会再次喷发。

及物动词计划; 放映; 发射; 展现，使突出

不及物动词伸出，突出

名词项目，工程; 计划，规划; （学生的）课题

名词了解，理解; 知识（表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法）; 学科; 见闻

1. 知识；学问；学识
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.

e.g. She told Parliament she had no knowledge of the affair.
她告诉议会她对此事并不知情。
e.g. ...the quest for scientific knowledge.
对科学知识的探索

2. 据…所知
If you say that something is true to your knowledge or to the best of your knowledge, you mean that you believe it to be true but it is possible that you do not know all the facts.

e.g. Alec never carried a gun to my knowledge...
据我所知亚历克从来不带枪。
e.g. To the best of my knowledge, Gloria did not make these comments.
据我所知，格洛丽亚没这么说过。

3. 因知道…而放心
If you do something safe in the knowledge that something else is the case, you do the first thing confidently because you are sure of the second thing.

e.g. You can let your kids play here, safe in the knowledge that they won't get sunburn.
你可以放心让孩子们在这儿玩，他们肯定不会晒黑。

副词最初; 开始

1. 最初;开始
Initially means soon after the beginning of a process or situation, rather than in the middle or at the end of it.

e.g. Forecasters say the gales may not be as bad as they initially predicted...
预报员说大风也许不像他们起初预报的那么猛烈。
e.g. Initially, they were wary of Simon.
开始时他们对西蒙小心提防。