1. And you need maybe a secret word or a secret number to get in, but we say a pass word, it's the word that lets you pass in, so you would need a pass word, which of course also might be anything. (上网时)你可能还需要有一个秘密的单词或数字,我们称它们为“ pass word”。 有了秘码你才能进入网络,你可以选任何数字字母或词汇作为你的秘码。
2. Now, even though it may be difficult to understand how a huge mass of ice can move—or flow, it's another word for it—it's really no secret that glaciers flow because of gravity. 如今,即使想要知道一大块冰如何移动——或换个词讲,漂浮——是非常困难的,但众所周知冰川漂浮是由于重力。
3. Two men who have a secret in common, and who, by a sort of tacit agreement, exchange not a word on the subject, are less rare than is commonly supposed. 两个人有个共同的秘密,而这也象一种默契一样,两人对这个问题并不交谈,而这也不象人们所想的那样比较罕见。
4. The secret to avoiding gas-guzzling at sea is to go back to the roots of the word "sailing" and extract power from the wind. 在海上避免耗油的秘密在于回到“航行”一词的根源上来,并用风力发电。
5. The earliest acronym I could find that I actually recognized as a word was Gestapo from 1934, built on the German words for “secret state police.” 而我找到的最早的、可以看成是一个单词的缩略语则是1934年的Gestapo(盖世太保),来自于德语词“秘密国家警察”(Geheime Staatspolizei)。