It will come as no surprise for you to learn that the company is losing money this year.
It came as no surprise that the president had been lying.
The crackdown should come as no surprise.
It should come as no surprise that success — or failure — at school starts at home. Studies have linked poor academic performance to factors such as a lack of sleep, poor nutrition, obesity, and a lack of parental support.
92. dogma: a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without any doubts 教条
in the dogma of free will...
The process where by DNA is replicated when cells divide, and is transcribed into RNA which is translated into protein is called the Central Dogma of Biology.
93. equate: to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing 使相等; 视为平等; 等同
equate to/with sth: to be the same in amount, number or size
Citizenship dose not automatically equate to loyalty.
Do changes always equate with improvement?
Does “brain death” equate with death?
Does age equate with maturity?
Entitlements do not equate with welfare.
Does mobile technology equate with mobile learning?
94. in accordance with (a rule, law, or wish): following or obeying a rule, law, or wish 一致, 和谐; 符合;
in rough accordance with
In accordance with the rules, they fired him.
“ Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle.” (North Korean goverment propaganda)
95. primed: to become prepared for future action or operation 准备
It is clear that we are primed for learning from the beginning.
I had been primed to expect it not to be the case.
The “powerful” who had been primed to believe they were entitled to their power readily engaged in acts of moral hypocrisy
96. premise: an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based 前提
They had started with the premise that all men are created equal.
The research project is based on the premise stated earlier.
Sociobiology is based on the premise that some behaviors (both social and individual) are at least partly inherited and can be affected by natural selection.
Systems theory is based on the premise that all pieces of an organism are part of a whole. A system theorists examines all pieces of the couple’s family and identifies holistic changes that need to be made to the entire familial unit, rather than focusing on one individual.
97. primitive: relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system 原始的, 旧式的, 上古的
Infants exhibit a primitive type of learning called habituation.
98. novel: new and original, not like anything seen before 新奇的, 异常的
If infants show renewed interest towards the novel stimulus, it suggests that they recognize it as being different from the previous ones.
a novel idea/suggestion
A novel way to achieve your dreams and find the path to happiness.
A novel way to discover life purpose.
A life of purpose—a purpose driven life—that satisfying and fulfilling way to live that we all seek eludes many of us. Lacking a life mission and direction, we chase material goods, money, and power, yet yearn for the satisfaction and fulfilment of living a life of meaning, a life of internal reward and satisfaction. We ask, “Who am I?”, “Why am I here?”, and “What is my life all about?” We look for answers that give us direction and knowledge that provides a life plan. Instead we’re advised to ask, “What do I want?”, but get confused by the multitude of material wants that marketers bombard us with each and every day. (http://www.theonequestion.com/life-purpose-articles/a-novel-way-to-discover-life-purpose/)
99. elude: 1) to escape the understanding, perception, or appreciation of: 逃避, 使困惑, 规避
2) to be too difficult for a person to understand or remember 难倒
