One wonders also why Nature, with some snakes, concocted poison of such extreme potency.
然而，在脊椎动物中，大自然神秘模测地只选择了蛇（还有一种蜥蜴），人们弄不清楚大自然为什么在某些蛇的身上调制出如此高效的毒液来。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 20 Snake poison
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
n. 毒药;酒;极糟的食物;极有害的思想（或心情等）;
vt. 毒死;污染;放毒于;对…有不良影响;
adj. 有毒的;
"Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants."
有些人在植物上喷撒毒剂以杀死花园内的昆虫.
近义：intoxicate, empoison, envenom, evenom, rankle, sour
反义：detoxicate, detoxify, hush, appease, lull, assuage
adj. 极端的，过激的;极限的，非常的;末端的;（政治上）急进的;
n. 极端;困境;[数]极限值;[常用复数]在两末端的事物;
💡 外面(ex)打伞(t)的阿姨(re)对我(me)是 极端的
"You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog."
在雾中开车要极为小心.
近义：ultimate, terminal, end, plethora, surplus, exaggeration
反义：lean, levelheaded, measured, modest, abstemious, abstentious
potency
['pəʊtənsi]
n. 效力;潜能;权势;（男人的）性交能力;
"Alcohol increases the drug's potency."
酒精能增加这种毒品的效力.
近义：power, strength
反义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility