【外刊打卡】地道输入高效输出,从每天一篇外刊精读开始
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[showcase]
作为名词表示玻璃展示柜;文中采取动词用法,表示展现、展示。
eg. Jack found a film role that showcased all his talents. 杰克找到了充分展示他才华的电影角色。
[purchasing power]
n. money that people have available to buy goods with 购买力
延伸:PPP Purchasing Power Parity 购买力平价指数,这是根据各国不同的价格水平计算出来的货币之间的等值系数。目的是对各国的国内生产总值进行合理比较。
以购买力平价计算: at PPP, in terms of PPP, in PPP terms, measured in PPP, on a PPP basis
[appetite]
n. adesire or liking for a particular activity 欲望; 爱好. [+ for]
eg. She has an amazing appetite for knowledge. 她有极强的求知欲。
*此处appetite可谓是让人眼前一亮,既表达出了对产品的“需求”,又和meat and agricultural goods无缝衔接,栩栩如生营造出“一张大口”的意象。
[from a year earlier]
相比去年同期
类似表达:year on year
Food prices grew 20 percent year on year last month, up from 17 percent in December.
食品价格同比增长了20%,高于去年12月的17%。
[front]
n. 领域
固定搭配:on a …front 在…活动领域:on the economic / political etc front
eg. On the technical front, there have been a number of important developments. 技术领域有了一系列重大进步。
*一提到“在……领域”,很多人会条件反射想到field,area,不妨多用一用本文中的front。当然,使用的时候切记要结合语境,灵活选用,不能生搬硬套。
[ignite]
v. to start a particular feeling in someone引发,激起。Ignite concerns, 引发担忧。
eg. His words ignited their anger. 他的话引发了他们的怒火。
[deteriorate]
v. to become worse 变坏;恶化;退化
eg. Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化,不久便去世了。
[insulate]
v. insulate sb/sth from/against sth to protect sb/sth from unpleasant experiences or influences 使免除(不愉快的经历);使免受(不良影响)
类似表达: stay immune to 原意是对……免疫,也可以表达免受某物影响。
You'll eventually become immune to criticism. 你终究会变得不在乎批评了
[tough]
adj. difficult to do or deal with难办的,棘手的,费力的
eg. The reporters were asking a lot of tough questions. 记者们问了很多难以回答的问题。
[few]
adj. 很少,不多; 几乎没有
one of the few + n. 除了表达出“……之一”之意,还表示few所修饰的名词数量不多。
eg. The cathedral was oneof the few buildings not destroyed in the war. 这座大教堂是战时少数没有遭毁坏的建筑物之一。
[have the virus under control]
类似表达:
Keep the virus in check
On top of the virus
[momentum]
n. the ability to keep increasing, developing, or being more successful动力,势头
常用动词搭配:
gain / gather momentum 增大势头
maintain momentum 保持势头
lose momentum 失去冲劲
[uncertainty]
n. a situation which you are not sure about because you do not know what will happen 令人无把握的局面
life's uncertainties 人生的无常
[toll]
n. a very bad effect that something has on something or someone over a long period of time 严重的不良影响
take a toll on 对……造成不良影响
eg. Years of smoking have taken their toll on his health. 多年的吸烟习惯已对他的健康造成了严重的影响。
China’s imports from the rest of the world climbed 2.7% in June from a year earlier, Chinese customs officials said, coming in stronger than an expected drop of 10%, according to economists polled earlierby The Wall Street Journal.
[poll]
v. to ask a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about asubject 对…进行民意测验(调查)
eg. 18% of the women we polled said their husbands had a drinking problem.我们调查的妇女当中有 18% 的人说她们的丈夫有嗜酒的毛病。
建议着重积累本篇有关数据变化的描述方式
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