If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
It turns out that the guy operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he's turning out newspapers with shocking headlines.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
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N-COUNT
震驚;驚愕;令人震驚的事
If you have a shock, something suddenly happens which is unpleasant, upsetting, or very surprising.
例句
The extent of the violence came as a shock...
暴力程度令人震驚。
He has never recovered from the shock of your brother's death...
他從未從你哥哥去世的打擊中恢復(fù)過來。
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N-UNCOUNT
(身心受到的)打擊，震驚
Shock is a person's emotional and physical condition when something very frightening or upsetting has happened to them.
例句
The little boy was speechless with shock...
那小男孩驚得說不出話來。
She's still in a state of shock.
她仍驚魂未定。
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休克
If someone is in shock, they are suffering from a serious physical condition in which their blood is not flowing round their body properly, for example because they have had a bad injury.
例句
He was found beaten and in shock...
發(fā)現(xiàn)他被打得休克了。
They escaped the blaze but were rushed to hospital suffering from shock.
他們逃離了火海,卻因休克而被迅速送往醫(yī)院。
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VERB
使震驚;使驚愕;打擊
If something shocks you, it makes you feel very upset, because it involves death or suffering and because you had not expected it.
例句
After forty years in the police force nothing much shocks me...
在警隊呆了 40 年后，我對什么都見怪不怪了。
Relief workers were shocked by what they saw.
救援人員被眼前的景象驚呆了。
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VERB
(因行為粗魯或不道德而)使不快，使氣憤，使厭惡，使反感
If someone or something shocks you, it upsets or offends you because you think it is rude or morally wrong.
例句
You can't shock me...
我不會被你激怒的。
They were easily shocked in those days...
在那個年代，他們動不動就對一些事情看不順眼。
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ADJ
(通告、事件等)令人驚愕的，令人震驚的
A shock announcement or event is one which shocks people because it is unexpected.
例句
...the shock announcement that she is to resign.
她將要辭職的驚人聲明
...a shock defeat.
令人震驚的落敗
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(對經(jīng)濟(jì)、傳統(tǒng)、生活方式的)沖擊，撞擊
A shock is something sudden and unexpected that threatens the economy, traditions, or way of life of a group of people.
例句
This is the latest in a series of shocks to the Scandinavian banking system.
這是一系列對斯堪的納維亞銀行系統(tǒng)的沖擊中最近的一次。
...the economic pain of two oil shocks.
兩次原油沖擊下的經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條
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N-VAR
沖擊力
A shock is the force of something suddenly hitting or pulling something else.
例句
Steel barriers can bend and absorb the shock.
鋼制柵欄可以彎曲并能吸收沖擊力。
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觸電;電擊
A shock is the same as an electric shock .
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減震器
A shock is a shock absorber .
例句
Do you think I need new shocks?
你認(rèn)為我需要換新的減震器嗎？
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N-COUNT
濃密的一堆(頭發(fā))
A shock of hair is a very thick mass of hair on a person's head.
例句
...a very old priest with a shock of white hair.
滿頭白發(fā)、年事已高的神父
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PHRASE
從速嚴(yán)懲
A short, sharp shock is a punishment that is fairly harsh and severe but only lasts for a short time.
Noun
1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;
"his mother's deathleft him in a daze""he was numb with shock"2. the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;
"the armies met in the shock of battle"3. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;
"subjects received a small electric shock when they mae the wrong response""electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"4. (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor;
"loss of blood is an important cause of shock"5. an instance of agitation of the earth's crust;
"the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"6. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;
"it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"7. a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field;
"corn is bound in small sheeves and several sheeves are set up together in shocks""whole fields of wheat in shock"8. a bushy thick mass (especially hair);
"he had an unruly shock of black hair"9. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;
"the old car needed a new set of shocks"Verb
1. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;
"I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"2. strike with disgust or revulsion;
"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"3. strike with horror or terror;
"The news of the bombing shocked her"4. collide violently
5. collect or gather into shocks;
"shock grain"6. subject to electrical shocks
7. inflict a trauma upon