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As Sharon Bertsch McGrayne notes in her absorbing history of industrial chemistry, Prometheans in the Lab, when employees at one plant developed irreversible delusions1, a spokesman blandly2 informed reporters: "These men probably went insane because they worked too hard." Altogether at least fifteen workers died in the early days of production of leaded gasoline, and untold3 numbers of others became ill, often violently so; the exact numbers are unknown because the company nearly always managed to hush4 up news of embarrassing leakages5, spills, and poisonings. At times, however, suppressing the news became impossible, most notably6 in 1924 when in a matter of days five production workers died and thirty-five more were turned into permanent staggering wrecks7 at a single ill-ventilated facility.
1 delusions | |
n.欺骗( delusion的名词复数 );谬见;错觉;妄想 | |
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2 blandly | |
adv.温和地,殷勤地 | |
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3 untold | |
adj.数不清的,无数的 | |
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int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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5 leakages | |
泄露; 漏( leakage的名词复数 ); 漏出; 漏出物; 渗漏物 | |
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adv.值得注意地,显著地,尤其地,特别地 | |
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7 wrecks | |
n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 );(事故中)遭严重毁坏的汽车(或飞机等);(身体或精神上)受到严重损伤的人;状况非常糟糕的车辆(或建筑物等)v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 );使(船舶)失事,使遇难,使下沉 | |
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8 rumors | |
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷 | |
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9 ebullient | |
adj.兴高采烈的,奔放的 | |
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10 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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11 demonstration | |
n.表明,示范,论证,示威 | |
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12 allay | |
v.消除,减轻(恐惧、怀疑等) | |
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13 perils | |
极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的,使人放心的 | |
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