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Vocabulary measurement /?m???m?nt/ 1. N A measurement is a result, usually expressed in numbers, that you obtain by measuring something. 测量的结果 例： We took lots of measurements. 我们得到了许多测量的结果。 2. N-Measurement of something is the process of measuring it in order to obtain a result expressed in numbers. 测量 例： Tests include measurement of height, weight, and blood pressure. 检查包括对身高、体重和血压的测量。 3.N-The measurement of the quality, value, or effect of something is the activity of deciding how great it is. 评估 例： The measurement of intelligence has been the greatest achievement of twentieth-century scientific psychology. 对智商的评估一直是20世纪科学心理学的最大成就。 4. N-Your measurements are the size of your waist, chest, hips, and other parts of your body, which you need to know when you are buying clothes. (身体) 尺寸 例： I know all her measurements and find it easy to buy stuff she likes. 我知道她所有的身体尺寸，觉得买到她喜欢的东西很容易。 Vocabulary megalopolis /?m?ɡ??l?p?l?s/ 1. N-A megalopolis is a very large city, or an urban area that consists of several towns and cities. 特大城市; 特大城市带 例： ...the densely populated megalopolis that stretches down the East Coast from Boston to Washington. ...沿着从波士顿到华盛顿的东海岸连绵不断、人口稠密的特大城市带。 Vocabulary overwhelming /???v??w?lm??/ 1. ADJ If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. 强悍而令人难以应对的 例： The task wont feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps. 如果你把这个任务分解成一个个容易完成的小步骤，就不会觉得那么难以应对。 2. overwhelmingly ADV强悍而令人难以应对地[ADV adj] 例： The other women all seemed overwhelmingly confident. 其他的女士们似乎都令人难以应对地自信。 3. ADJ You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities. (数量上) 压倒性的[强调] 例： The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months. 绝大多数的小公司在最初的24个月里破产。 4. overwhelmingly ADV(数量上) 压倒性地 例： The people voted overwhelmingly for change. 人们以绝对多数投票赞成变革。 Vocabulary persuasion /p??swe???n/ 1. N-Persuasion is the ac