overseas adverb
to or in a foreign country that is across the sea
Chris is going to work overseas.
Most applications came from overseas.
overseas adjective [only before noun]
coming from, existing in, or happening in a foreign country that is across the sea
overseas students
overseas investment
canvas noun
1 [uncountable] strong cloth used to make bags, tents, shoes etc 帆布
a canvas bag
2 [countable] a painting done with oil paints, or the piece of cloth it is painted on 油画布,油画
The gallery has a canvas by Paul Cézanne.
’Four Women on a Bench’, oil on canvas, 1991
sideways adverb
1 to or towards one side 朝向一边的
A strong gust of wind blew the car sideways into the ditch.
2 with the side, rather than the front or back, facing forwards 靠边
They brought the piano sideways through the front door.
3 if you are moved sideways at work, you are given a job that is different but is at the same level as your old job 平级调动
He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted. 他将会被平级调动,而不是贬职。
ᅳsideways adjective
a sideways glance 朝一边看去
Researchorespionage?
III. Research or espionage?
industrial espionage noun [uncountable] stealing secret information from one company in order to help another company(对竞争厂商)实业刺探活动,刺探活动
1. Speaking.
access verb [transitive] to find information, especially on a computer 从电脑上查找信息
Users can access their voice mail remotely. 使用者可以在很远的地方登陆电脑查看他们的语音邮件。
Methods: reading about the company in the newspapers, watching TV, looking at Internet information, talking to people who work for the company, posing as a potential customer, stealing information, getting hold of product samples, spying, infiltration, hacking into the computer system
infiltrate verb
1 [>intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive] to secretly join an organization or enter a place in order to find out information about it or harm it 秘密加入组织或潜入地方获取信息或毁坏它
Police attempts to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups were largely unsuccessful.
infiltrate into
Rebel forces have been infiltrating into the country.
2 [transitive] to secretly put people into an organization or place in order to find out information or to harm it 派某人秘密渗透进组织或地方
infiltrate somebody into something
They repeatedly tried to infiltrate assassins into the palace.
3 [transitive] to become a part of something - used especially to show disapproval 贬义词:成为一部分
Commercialism has been infiltrating universities for the past decade. 商业化在过去的十年间已经渗透进大学校园。
ᅳinfiltrator noun [countable]
ᅳinfiltration noun [uncountable]
hack [intransitive and transitive] to secretly find a way of getting information from someone else’s computer or changing information on it 秘密从别人电脑里获取信息或修改信息
---hack into
Somebody hacked into the company’s central database.
He managed to hack the code.
hacker noun [countable]
informal someone who secretly uses or changes the information in other people’s computer systems 黑客
A hacker had managed to get into the system.
ᅳhacking noun [uncountable] 黑客攻击
Companies are increasingly worried by the threat of hacking and computer viruses.
blog noun [countable]
a web page that is made up of information about a particular subject, in which the newest information is always at the top of the page 网上日志
ᅳsynonym web log
ᅳblogger noun [countable] 博客
2. Reading.
How secure is your business?
3. Put the paragraphs into the correct order.
1. A
2. F
3. C
4. E
5. G
6. B
jumble verb
jumble also jumble up [transitive often passive]
to mix things together in an untidy way, without any order 没有顺序地、不整洁地讲物品放在一起
The photographs were all jumbled up. 这些照片杂乱无章地放着。
Ben’s words became jumbled. 本的话毫无头绪。
come in from the cold
to become accepted or recognized, especially by a powerful group of people被人接受,认可
no more than used to say that something is not too much, but exactly right or suitable 就是
Eline felt it was no more than her duty to look after her husband.