Telecmmunications WORD STUDY.docVIP

Unit 4 Book Four Section A The Telecommunications Revolution Key Words and Their Collocations 1. telecommunications: n. the sending and receiving of messages over distance, esp. by telephone — New competition in telecommunications is a useful start. — a telecommunications satellite tele: prefix, 远距离的，远的 telegram, telescope, television, telephone, telecommuter(远距离工作者) 2. utility: n. 1) a service used by the public, such as an electricity or gas supply or train service 2) the usefulness of sth. esp. in a practical way — Monopolies in industries like railways and various utilities need breaking up. — Rescue teams worked desperately to restore utilities in the area shattered by the hurricane. — The information is of the highest utility to a historian. Word building: utensil; utilize 3. web : n. a fine net made by a spider from a sticky substance which it produces from its body; sth. as complicated as a net — Why doesn‘t a spider get stuck in his own web? Who can understand the web of life? Collocation：a web of lies 一片谎言 a web of railway 铁路网 4. condense: v. 1) reduce (esp. sth. written) to a smaller or shortened form 2) (of a gas) become liquid or sometimes solid esp. by becoming cooler — He managed to condense his letter of application to one page. — I tried to condense the report into as few words as possible. — When a gas or vapor condenses, it changes into liquid. Word building: condenser; condensation 5. intensive : adj. involving a lot of activity, effort, or careful attention in a short period of time Collocation： Labor-intensive capital-intensive a one-week intensive course in English — After a brief period of intensive training, I was allowed to make my first parachute jump. Word building: intensively cf: intense: adj. having a very strong effect or felt very strongly intense heat/cold/competition/pain Word building: n. intensity v. intensify — Police have now inten