1.While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline — after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late ‘80s — and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.(NETEM 2001, Passage 5, Paragraph 5)
在美国,这一反朴趋势是以经济衰落的反应为开始的——那是在80年代后期裁员而引起大量人员失业之后——现在依然与提倡节俭的紧缩政策有关;但是在英国,至少在我所认识的那些中产阶级反朴归隐者中,我们追求简约生活的原因就多种多样了。
2.It does not take a lifelong acquaintance to pick up various software programs. (NETEM 1999, Passage 3, Paragraph 4)
不需要花毕生的时间去熟悉各种不同的软件程序的使用。
dismiss [dis5mis] vt. 1.解散 2.解雇,开除
miss [mis] v. 1.发现丢失 2.惦念3.错过,没碰上4.逃脱
permit [pE(:)5mit] v. 许可,允许 n. 许可证,执照
promise [5prCmis] v. 1.允许,答应 2.有……的可能,有希望
n. 1.诺言,承诺 2.希望
promising [5prCmisiN] a. 有前途的,有希望的
compromise [5kCmprEmaiz] v. 妥协,折衷
1.A bill by Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, which would offer financial incentives for private industry is a promising start. (NETEM 2005, Text 2, Paragraph 5)
弗吉尼亚的民主党议员Robert Byrd提出一项议案,从经济上激励私企,就是一个良好的开端。
2. With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. (NETEM 2004, Text 1, Paragraph 2)
由于因特网上与求职相关的网站成千上万,找到好的工作不仅费时而且效率不高。
dismission [dis5miFEn] n. 免职,解雇,不予考虑
mission [5miFEn] n. 1.使命,任务 2.代表团,使团
permission [pE(:)5miFEn] n. 允许,同意
emit [i5mit] vt. 散发,发射(光,热等)
omit [Eu5mit] vt. 1.省略,删去 2.疏忽,遗漏
submit [sEb5mit] v. 1.呈报,提交 2.(使)服从,屈服
transmit [trAnz5mit] vt. 1.传送,传递 2.传播,传染
emission [i5miFEn] n. (光,热等的)散发,发射
omission [Eu5miFEn] n. 省略,删除
submission [sEb5miFEn] n. 1.屈从,降服,顺从 2.提议,建议
transmission [trAnz5miFEn] n. 1.传送 2.发射
concent [kEn5sent] vi./n. 允许,答应
consent [kEn5sent] vi./n. 同意,赞成,答应
resend [ri:5send] vt. 再派遣,再差遣,再发,再寄
send [send] v. 1. 派遣 2.寄,送
contend [kEn5tend] v. 1. 竞争,斗争 2. 坚决主张
content [kEn5tent] n. 1. 内容,容量 2. 目录 3. 满足
a. 满足的,满意的,愿意
vt. 使满足
contention [kEn5tenFEn] n. 1. 争夺 2. 争论 论点
content的近义词:
cater[5keitE] vi. 1. 备办食物 2. 满足(需要),投合
例: cater for the need of the customers
迎合顾客的需求
1. Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who “until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation to control their pain if that might hasten death.” (NETEM 2002, Text 4, Paragraph 3)
蒙特非奥里医疗中心主任南希·都博勒认为,这项原则将消除部分医生的疑虑,这些医生在此之前一直强烈地认为,如果给病人充分的药品来止痛会加速他们的死亡的话工那就不能这样做。
2. This week, in the heart of civilized Europe, Slovaks and Hungarians stopped just short of sending in the troops in their contention over a dam on the Danube. (NETEM 1998, Passage 1, Paragraph 4)
本周,在文明欧洲的腹地,斯洛伐克人和匈牙利人就为了多瑙河上的一处水坝引起争端,差点动用了军队。
switch [switF] v. 1.转变 2.接通,切断 (电源)
n. 1.开关,电闸 2.转换 3.枝条
stitch [stitF] n. 1.一针 2.针脚 v. 缝, 缝合
ditch [ditF] n. 沟,沟渠
pitch [pitF] vt. 1.用沥青覆盖 2.投掷,扔
n. 1.沥青 2.掷
patch [pAtF] v. 修补
n. 1.补钉,补片 2.小块,小片
dispatch [dis5pAtF] vt. 1.派遣,发送 2.调度,调遣
n. (公文)急件,快信,新闻电讯
patch的近义词:
piece [pi:s] v. 拼合,拼凑
n. 1.碎片,碎块 2. (一)件,片,篇
deliver [di5livE] v. 1.解救,释放 2.递送,交付3.表达
sliver [5slivE] n. 长条狭长的一小块、一小部分或一小片
例: a sliver of land 狭长的一小片土地
vi. 1.切开 2.把... 剖成长条,把...切成薄片
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