1.caseload n.办案量(the number of cases handled usually in a particular period) 例:There isnt sufficient funding to process the increased caseload of arrests and convictions that new officers usually generate. 2.cashew n.腰果(the nuts of a tropical American tree);腰果树(a tropical American tree) 例:If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews. 3.caste n.社会等级制度(hereditary social class system);社会团体(any exclusive social class) 发音记忆:“卡死他”--在一个等级上卡死他,不让他上来--社会等级制度 例:a rigid caste system严格的社会等级制度//The black smiths belong to a special caste. 4.casualty n.伤亡(人)(person who is killed or injured in war or an accident);[pl.]伤亡人数( total of the killed and injured persons) 联想记忆:casual(随便的)+ty--因为随随便便造成的--伤亡 例:They resulted in extremely high overall casuatty rates in Black combat units. 5.cataclysm n.大灾难(catastrophe);(社会政治的)大变动(a momentous and violent event) 例:A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created by a cataclysm. |