Advanced English Note--AD030402

1.featherweight    n.  非常轻的人或物, 次轻量级选手, 不重要的人

2. unwieldy    英音： [ʌn'wi:ldi]    美音： [ʌn'wildɪ]   形容词 a.

    1.

不灵便的;使用不便的

    2.

笨重的,庞大的

3.meld  [meld ]   v. 合并

4.hammer out  

adj. 捶出(苦心想出, 推敲)

Long experience enabled them to hammer out a correct and practical scheme.

长期地经验使他们能制订出一个正确和切实的方案

5. woefully  ['wəufəli ]   adv. 悲伤地, 不幸地, 使人痛苦的, 可悲的

6. prodigious  [prə'didʒəs ]   adj. 巨大的, 奇异的 n. 奇迹

7. surmount  [sur·mount || sɜr'maʊnt /sɜː- ] v.  战胜, 克服, 超越

8. converge  [con·verge || kən'vɜːdʒ ]

v.  聚合, 集中于一点; 使向一点会合; 使聚集

e.g We can only begin to imagine how these forces will converge to shape our future.

9. credit  [cred·it || 'kredɪt ] v.  归功于, 信任, 赞颂

10.wane  [weɪn ] v.  变小, 衰落, 亏缺

e.g This current wave of technology could begin to wane in as few as 15 years.

11.sought-after  

adj. 很吃香的 ,广受欢迎的

12.near-universal affordability 广泛可接受（低消耗的）

e.g Information Age could fulfill the promise of vastly imporved productivity,~,and the convenience of anywhere,any time communication.