Mar 1, 2009 Volume 5 -- Daily Life in China, #9(36)

lintelleUID: 2297267

1. Some of them, taking with them something to eat, and carrying musical _______, made a day’s _____ on the shores of the lake or on the hills surrounding it.
2. Between 1086 and 1093, Su Tung-P’o memorialized the Emperor asking for funds for the _____ of the lake and for the purpose of ______ it to the state it had been in Tang Times.
3. The ruling class formed a very small elite, whose mode of life, ideas, language even, were uniform. They were all _______ in the same culture. But below this thin upper crust was the great _____ mass of the people with all their different customs, local CULTS, various dialects and specialized techniques.

A) steeped
B) excursion
C) restoring
D) instruments
E) inchoate
F) embellishment

answer

游客，如果您要查看本帖隐藏内容请回复

steep:
adjective
1 (of a slope, flight of stairs, angle, ascent, etc.) rising or falling sharply; nearly perpendicular
• (of a rise or fall in an amount) large or rapid
2 informal (of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive
dated (of a claim or account) exaggerated or incredible

noun
a steep mountain slope

verb [ trans. ]
soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavor or to soften it
• soak or saturate (cloth) in water or other liquid.
• (usu. be steeped in) figurative surround or fill with a quality or influence

excursion:
1 a short journey or trip, esp. one engaged in as a leisure activity
• [usu. as adj. ] a trip at reduced rates
2 technical an instance of the movement of something along a path or through an angle.
• a deviation from a regular pattern, path, or level of operation.
3 archaic a digression.
4 archaic a military sortie (see alarum ).

restore:
bring back (a previous right, practice, custom, or situation); reinstate
• return (someone or something) to a former condition, place, or position
• repair or renovate (a building, work of art, vehicle, etc.) so as to return it to its original condition
• give (something previously stolen, taken away, or lost) back to the original owner or recipient

instrument:
noun
1 a tool or implement, esp. one for delicate or scientific work
• a thing used in pursuing an aim or policy; a means
• a person who is exploited or made use of
2 a measuring device used to gauge the level, position, speed, etc., of something, esp. a motor vehicle or aircraft.
3 (also musical instrument) an object or device for producing musical sounds
4 a formal document, esp. a legal one

verb [ trans. ]
equip (something) with measuring instruments.

inchoate:
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary
• Law (of an offense, such as incitement or conspiracy) anticipating a further criminal act.

embellishment:
a decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive : architectural embellishments.
• a detail, esp. one that is not true, added to a statement or story to make it more interesting or entertaining.
• the action of adding such details or features.

boytnUID: 177702

D) instruments
B) excursion
F) embellishment
C) restoring
A) steeped
E) inchoate

neptunekiUID: 2614492

顶起来，好东西