English Intensive Reading 吉林大学远程教育学院    
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integrate: (v.)to combine (parts) into a whole; to complete
使完成;结合成一体
1.We should integrate theory with practice.
我们应当把理论和实践结合到一起。
2.Every one should integrate himself with the group.
每个人都应当和集体融为一体。
They unite in you; they are not in conflict.
Meaning:They are not as irrelevant as being considered you may find harmonious connection between them.
把它们视为一体;它们不是互相抵触的。
conflict:
1) (n.) (1) fight;struggle; quarrel 战斗;斗争;
1.There is a wordy conflict between them. 他们之间有场舌战。
2.They had an ardent conflict with Indians. 他们与印第安人展开了一场激烈的战争。
(2)opposition;difference 冲突;抵触
1.The conflict between duty and desire is unavoidable.
责任与愿望的冲突是不可避免的。
2.She were in conflict with him on this matter. 就这件事而言,她与他的意见有分歧。
2)to be in opposition or disagreement (with) 抵触;冲突
1.Your account conflicts with my account. 你的报告与我的报告不一致。
2.What they said conflicted with the truth. 他们所说的与事实不符。
Both choral singing and engineering are examples of the architectonic ability of man: of his power to make a large plan and to convey it clearly to others.
Meaning:Both singing and engineering involve one's ability to organize and design, that is to say, both involve how to make a large plan and how to make the architecture and the singing appealing to people.
在合唱队里唱歌和工程学两者都表明了人类具有建筑设计的能力:表明有设计大型工程计划的能力和清楚地把设计思想转达给他人的能力。
Much unhappiness has been suffered by those people who have never recognized that it is as necessary to make themselves into whole and harmonious personalities as to keep themselves clean, healthy and financially solvent.
Meaning: Here the author compares the necessity of forming a habit to achieve whole and harmonious personality to that of keeping oneself clean, healthy and having enough money to live on.
那些感到特别不愉快的人们从来就不承认塑造完美和谐的性格与保持清洁、健康、经济独立是同等重要的。
suffer: (v.)to feel or have pain,loss etc 受苦;受害;受罪
1.He is suffering from loss of memory. 他正饱受失忆症的痛苦。
2.You will suffer one day for your insolence!
你总有一天会因为你的傲慢而受到惩罚的!
Wholeness of mind and spirit is... by God
Meaning: Highet says that the quality of integrating thought and reaching harmony or the pursuit of both mental and spiritual; health and harmony, takes some effort - it does not happen naturally or by some kind of divine fiat from God. Highet goes on to say that this pursuit of wholeness ( spiritual, mental and physical health) requires continuous, self-conscious arid deliberate effort.
思想和精神的完整并不是大自然或上帝赐的。
confer: (v.)
(1) to give or grant(a degree,title) 授予(学位,头衔)
1.The Queen conferred knighthoods on him. 女王授予他爵士头衔。
2.He is conferred the doctoral degree. 他被授予博士学位。
(2)to consult or discuss (与某人)商谈;商议;讨论
1.He wants to confer with her on this matter. 他想就这件事与她商讨。
2.She wants to confer with her lawyer about this matter. 她想与律师商讨这件事。