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lap(v．):moveorstrikegentlywithalight，splashingsoundsuchasadogmakesinlapping(波浪)拍打；泼溅divert(v．):turnaside；deflect转移；使(人或物)转向；岔开，使偏斜Antarctic(adj.):oforneartheSouthPole南极的；近南极的；南极区的；南极地带的；南极周围的Trans—Antarctic(adj.):crossingorspanningtheAntarctic横贯南极的；横贯南极地带的glacier(n.):aslowlymovingriverormassoficeandsnowthatformsinareaswheretherateofsnowfallconstantlyexceedstherateatwhichthesnowmelts冰河；冰川accessible(adj.):easytoapproachorenter能够接近的；能够进去的；易接近的；易进去的trap(v．):entrap诱捕；计捉inexorable(adj.):thatcannotbealtered，checked不可变的；不可抗拒的；无情的graph(n.):adiagramconsistingofnodesandlinksandrepresentinglogicalrelationshipsorsequencesofevents(曲线)图，标绘图；图表；图形slab(n.):apiecethatisflat，broad，andfairlythick平板；厚片frigid(adj.):extremelycold极冷的，寒冷的，严寒的snowmobile(n.):motorvehiclesfortravelingoversnow(机动)雪车；(履带式)雪上汽车rendezvous(n.):aplacedesignatedformeeting指定集合地；会合点hover(v．):staysuspendedorflutterintheairnearoneplace盘旋eerie，eery(adj.):mysteriousorweird神秘的，离奇的；阴森的，可怕的．hummock(n.):ridgeorriseinanicefield冰群；(冰原上的)冰丘collide(v．):crash碰撞；猛撞；互撞scenario(n.):asequenceofeventsesp.whenimagined(设想中的)未来事态；方案controversial(adj.):debatable争论的；引起争论的；equator(n.):animaginarycirclearoundtheearth，equallydistantatallpointsfromboththeNorthPoleandtheSouthPole，dividingtheearth'ssurfaceintotheNorthernHemisphereandtheSouthernHemisphere赤道billow(v．):surge，swell，orriselikeorinabillow(巨浪)奔腾；(波涛)汹slash(v．):cutorwoundwithasweepingstroke猛砍，乱砍blot(v．):makeblotson；spot；stain；涂污；玷污；把……弄模糊；遮暗(尤用于boltout：把……弄模糊；遮暗，遮蔽；掩蔽)noctilucent(adj.):designatingorofaluminouscloudofunknowncomposition夜光云的；夜间发光的shimmer(v．):shinewithanunsteadylight；glimmer闪烁；发出微光translucent(adj.):partiallytransparent，asfrostedglass半透明的buildup(n.):agradualincreaseinamount，power，influence，etc．；expansion(在数目、力量、影响等方面)逐渐增加，扩大，扩充；集结landfill(n.):thedisposalofgarbageorrubbishbyburyingitunderashallowlayerofground埋入地下的垃圾extinction(n.):thefactorstateofbeingorbecomingextinct(动物的)灭绝，绝种rip(v．):cutortearapartroughlyorvigorously撕，扯spectral(adj.):ghostly鬼怪(似)的；幽灵(般)的skirmish(n.):abrieffightorencounterbetweensmallgroups，usuallyanincidentofabattle小规模战斗；前哨战disrupt(v．):disturborinterrupttheorderlycourseof扰乱；破坏ultraviolet(adj.):lyingjustbeyondthevioletendofthevisiblespectrumandhavingwavelengthsshorterthanapproximately4000angstroms紫外(线)的equilibrium(n.):astateofbalanceorequalitybetweenopposingforces平衡(状态)；平均；相称axiom(n.):maxim格言，箴言cumulative(adj.):increasingineffect，size,quantity，etc．bysuccessiveadditions；accumulated累积的，堆积的；累加的；(作用、大小、数量等)渐增的sustenance(n.):support生计；支撑；支持，维持depletion(n.):thegradualusingupordestructionorcapitalassets，esp.ofnaturalresources资产(尤指自然资源)的折耗，耗减deforestation(n.):theactoractionofclearing(land)offorestsoftrees毁林，滥伐森林simplistic(adj.):oversimplifyingoroversimplified过分简单化的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------atstake:tobewonorlost；beingrisked在胜败关头，冒风险例：Thisdecisionputoutlivesatstake．这一决定，我们的生命就凶吉难保了。