the art of smart guessing(word).ppt

resourceful adj. clever at finding ways of doing things e.g. (1)The senator is a keen, resourceful politician. (2) He is the most resourceful and well-supplied cook in the town. (3) A resourceful man is clever and quick at finding ways of doing things. hire: employee navigator : n the ships officer in charge of navigation cannonball [k?n?nb?:l] n.炮弹 shot shell bog down get stuck while doing something 停顿；陷入困境 e.g. (1)Your car will bog down in the mud (2) She is getting bogged down in all this paperwork (3) The scheme bogged down.计划陷于停顿 zero in on sb./sth.: to aim guns, etc. at or find the range of a particular target; fix attention on sb. or sth.; focus on sb. or sth. e.g. (1) The female spy zeroed in on the speaker and found a few bullets and finished her job. (2) After making a few preliminary remarks, the chairman zeroed in on the key issues hazard [h?z?d] vt. 赌运气；冒…的危险，使遭受危险 n. 危险，冒险；冒险的事 e.g. (1) I would hazard a guess that they‘ll do fairly well in the next election.我大胆猜测，他们在下次选举中将会有不俗的表现。 (2) We could get into a situation here of a moral hazard by rewarding bad behavior risk an approximation to risk or hazard an estimate that is not exactly right but nearly so e.g. (1) In the face of our cross-questioning of how much was to be spent on his new project, he risked an approximation of $ 500,000 Approximation: n. an amount or estimate that is not exactly right but nearly so e.g. That is a close approximation to the truth. V. approximate [?pr?ksimit]近似；使…接近；粗略估计 Part Ⅱ visual [vizju?l] adj. 视觉的，视力的；栩栩如生的 e.g. They became part of a group of artists that were helping to redefine visual culture visual display: a device which displays data on a screen[自][电子] 直观显示；视觉显示；光学显示；可见显示 conventional outlets traditional shops which sell goods made by a particular company outlet n.