计算机英语天天学(07-07-24)

vision


noun


[U] the ability to see; the area that you can see from a particular position: to have good / perfect / poor / blurred / normal vision ◆ 2020 vision (= the ability to see perfectly) ◆ Cats have good night vision. ◆ The couple moved outside her field of vision. ◆ He glimpsed something on the edge of his vision.
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[C] an idea or a picture in your imagination: He had a vision of a world in which there would be no wars. ◆ I had visions of us getting hopelessly lost. ◆ The word conjures up visions of home and family.


[C] a dream or similar experience, especially of a religious kind: The idea came to her in a vision.


[U] the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence: a leader of vision ◆ He's a competent politician, but he lacks vision.


[C] a ~ (of sth) (literary) a person of great beauty or who shows the quality mentioned: She was a vision in white lace. ◆ a vision of loveliness / beauty / health


[U] the picture on a television or cinema/movie theater screen: We apologize for the temporary loss of vision.
n.想象(力)，幻想，幻觉；视力，视觉
assessment


noun


[C] an opinion or a judgement about sb/sth that has been thought about very carefully
Synonym: EVALUATION
a detailed assessment of the risks involved ◆ What is your assessment of the situation? ◆ An adequate environmental impact assessment was not carried out on the bypass project.


[U] the act of judging or forming an opinion about sb/sth: written and oral exams and other forms of assessment ◆ Objective assessment of the severity of the problem was difficult.
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[C] an amount that has been calculated and that must be paid: a tax assessment
n. 评估, 估定, 评定的款额
[化] 评估
[经] 评定, 估计, 摊派
stakeholder


noun


a person or company that is involved in a particular organization, project, system, etc., especially because they have invested money in it: All our employees are stakeholders in the company. ◆ The government has said it wants to create a stakeholder economy in which all members of society feel that they have an interest in its success.


a person who holds all the bets placed on a game or race and who pays the money to the winner
n. 赌金保管者
[法] 赌款保存人, 保存保证金的人
deliverable


noun
[usually pl.] a product that a company promises to have ready for a customer: computer software deliverables
[计] 可交付的, 可投递的
[经] 可交割的
glossary


noun
(plural glossaries) a list of technical or special words, especially those in a particular text, explaining their meanings: a glossary of financial terms
n.字汇表，难词表
corresponding


adjective
~ (to sth) matching or connected with sth that you have just mentioned: A change in the money supply brings a corresponding change in expenditure. ◆ Profits have risen by 15 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year. ◆ Give each picture a number corresponding to its position on the page. ◆ The Redskins lost to the Cowboys in the corresponding game last year.
correspondingly adverb: a period of high demand and correspondingly high prices
a. 相当的, 一致的, 通信的
[计] 对应
bibliography


noun (plural bibliographies)


[C] a list of books or articles about a particular subject or by a particular author; the list of books, etc. that have been used by sb writing an article, etc: There is a useful bibliography at the end of each chapter.


[U] the study of the history of books and their production
bibliographer noun
bibliographical adjective
n. 参考书目
[计] 书目; 文献目录
rigid


adjective


(often disapproving) (of rules, methods, etc.) very strict and difficult to change: The curriculum was too narrow and too rigid. ◆ His rigid adherence to the rules made him unpopular.


(of a person) not willing to change their ideas or behaviour: rigid attitudes


(of an object or substance) stiff and difficult to move or bend: a rigid support for the tent ◆ She sat upright, her body rigid with fear. ◆ (figurative) I was bored rigid (= extremely bored).
rigidity noun [U, C]: the rigidity of the law on this issue ◆ the rigidity of the metal bar
rigidly adverb: The speed limit must be rigidly enforced. ◆ She stared rigidly ahead.
a. 坚硬的, 刚性的, 严格的, 精密的, 刻板的
assumption


noun


[C] a belief or feeling that sth is true or that sth will happen, although there is no proof: an underlying / implicit assumption ◆ We need to challenge some of the basic assumptions of western philosophy. ◆ We are working on the assumption that everyone invited will turn up. ◆ It was impossible to make assumptions about people's reactions. ◆ His actions were based on a false assumption. ◆ She arrived at college with a whole set of assumptions inherited from her family.


[C, U] ~ of sth (formal) the act of taking or beginning to have power or responsibility: their assumption of power / control ◆ the assumption of responsibility by the government for the disaster
n. 假定, 自负, 担任, 假装
[经] 假定, 承担