gravity is the force that drives them in a continual attempt to restore the ocean surface to a flat plain.
地球引力是持续不断企图使海面复原为平面的力量。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 40 Waves
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 重力;万有引力，地心引力;重要性，严重性;严肃，庄重;
💡 grav重+ity名词后缀 → 庄重；地心吸力
"Newton's law of gravity"
牛顿万有引力定律
近义：ponderosity, seriousness, circumspection, gravitation, importance, severity
反义：skittishness, superficiality, trifling, triviality, lightness, flippancy
vt. 试图;尝试;
n. 进攻;尝试，冲击;
💡 at一再+tempt尝试→一再尝试 → 尝试，企图
"The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime."
普遍认为，这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。
近义：try, essay, intent, assay, shy, stab
vt. 归还;交还;使恢复;修复;
vt.& vi. 恢复（某种情况或感受）;使复原;使复位;使复职;
💡 re(back)+stor(stand)+e(动词后缀)→归还；使复位；修补
"The measures are intended to restore public confidence in the economy."
这些举措旨在恢复公众对经济的信心。
近义：reactivate, reconstruct, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel, renovate
反义：hurt, impair, injure, mar, perish, ruin
n. 表面;外观，外表;地面。水面;
vi. 浮出水面;在表面工作;显露;
vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面;
adj. 表面的，外观的;外表上的，平地上的;肤浅的;
💡 sur超过，在上面+face脸面→表面
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里，就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义：appear, arise, loom, materialize, outcrop, rise
n. 力;武力;（社会）势力;魄力;
vt. 强迫;强行;促使，推动;强奸;
💡 fort(=forc表力) force 力 一起(com)用力(fort)使舒适 安慰 向外(e)用力(fort)叫 努力(effort) 使(en)有力(fo
"the US Air Force"
美国空军
近义：break, pry, impel, intimidate, obligate, oblige
反义：preserve, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter