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n.人造卫星
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satellite


/'sætəlaɪt; `sætl,aɪt/
n
1 (a) natural body in space orbiting round a larger body, esp a planet 卫星
*The moon is the Earth's satellite. 月球是地球的卫星.
(b) man-made device, eg a space station, put in orbit round a planet 人造卫星
*a com,muni`cations satellite, ie one that relays back to the Earth telephone messages or radio and TV signals received from another part of the Earth 通信卫星. => illus at orbit 见orbit插图.
2 (also `satellite state) (usu derog 通常作贬义) country dependent on another more powerful country and controlled by it 卫星国(依附于某大国并受其控制者)
*the former USSR and its satellites 前苏联及其卫星国.

satellite


n[C]

[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin:Latin satelles 'personal servant or guard']
a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication
 the launch of a communications and weather satellite
via/by satellite
(=using a satellite)
 This broadcast comes live via satellite from New York.
a natural object that moves around a planet
 The moon is a satellite of the Earth.
a country, area, or organization that is controlled by or is dependent on another larger one
 the former Soviet satellite country of Lithuania
a town that has developed next to a large city
 We stayed in Aurora, a satellite suburb of Chicago.
1. We get many information from satellite.
    我们从卫星上获得很多信息.

2. The satellite was launched into the orbit around the moon.
    卫星被发射进入绕月球运行的轨道。

3. The moon is the Earth´s satellite.
    月球是地球的卫星.

4. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting “ teleconferences ” to settle problems not only in this country but also -- by satellite -- internationally.
    然而现在人们越来越多的是在电视屏幕上见面,开电信会议不仅能解决本国的问题,而且还能— 通过卫星—解决国与国之间的问题。

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