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)
在美國,這一反樸趨勢是以經(jīng)濟衰落的反應(yīng)為開始的——那是在80年代后期裁員而引起大量人員失業(yè)之后——現(xiàn)在依然與提倡節(jié)儉的緊縮政策有關(guān);但是在英國,至少在我所認(rèn)識的那些中產(chǎn)階級反樸歸隱者中,我們追求簡約生活的原因就多種多樣了。
2.It does not take a lifelong acquaintance to pick up various software programs. (NETEM 1999, Passage 3, Paragraph 4)
不需要花畢生的時間去熟悉各種不同的軟件程序的使用。
dismiss [dis5mis] vt. 1.解散 2.解雇,開除
miss [mis] v. 1.發(fā)現(xiàn)丟失 2.惦念3.錯過,沒碰上4.逃脫
permit [pE(:)5mit] v. 許可,允許 n. 許可證,執(zhí)照
promise [5prCmis] v. 1.允許,答應(yīng) 2.有……的可能,有希望
n. 1.諾言,承諾 2.希望
promising [5prCmisiN] a. 有前途的,有希望的
compromise [5kCmprEmaiz] v. 妥協(xié),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)
弗吉尼亞的民主黨議員Robert Byrd提出一項議案,從經(jīng)濟上激勵私企,就是一個良好的開端。
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)
由于因特網(wǎng)上與求職相關(guān)的網(wǎng)站成千上萬,找到好的工作不僅費時而且效率不高。
dismission [dis5miFEn] n. 免職,解雇,不予考慮
mission [5miFEn] n. 1.使命,任務(wù) 2.代表團(tuán),使團(tuán)
permission [pE(:)5miFEn] n. 允許,同意
emit [i5mit] vt. 散發(fā),發(fā)射(光,熱等)
omit [Eu5mit] vt. 1.省略,刪去 2.疏忽,遺漏
submit [sEb5mit] v. 1.呈報,提交 2.(使)服從,屈服
transmit [trAnz5mit] vt. 1.傳送,傳遞 2.傳播,傳染
emission [i5miFEn] n. (光,熱等的)散發(fā),發(fā)射
omission [Eu5miFEn] n. 省略,刪除
submission [sEb5miFEn] n. 1.屈從,降服,順從 2.提議,建議
transmission [trAnz5miFEn] n. 1.傳送 2.發(fā)射
concent [kEn5sent] vi./n. 允許,答應(yīng)
consent [kEn5sent] vi./n. 同意,贊成,答應(yīng)
resend [ri:5send] vt. 再派遣,再差遣,再發(fā),再寄
send [send] v. 1. 派遣 2.寄,送
contend [kEn5tend] v. 1. 競爭,斗爭 2. 堅決主張
content [kEn5tent] n. 1. 內(nèi)容,容量 2. 目錄 3. 滿足
a. 滿足的,滿意的,愿意
vt. 使?jié)M足
contention [kEn5tenFEn] n. 1. 爭奪 2. 爭論 論點
content的近義詞:
cater[5keitE] vi. 1. 備辦食物 2. 滿足(需要),投合
例: cater for the need of the customers
迎合顧客的需求
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)
蒙特非奧里醫(yī)療中心主任南!ざ疾├照J(rèn)為,這項原則將消除部分醫(yī)生的疑慮,這些醫(yī)生在此之前一直強烈地認(rèn)為,如果給病人充分的藥品來止痛會加速他們的死亡的話工那就不能這樣做。
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,在文明歐洲的腹地,斯洛伐克人和匈牙利人就為了多瑙河上的一處水壩引起爭端,差點動用了軍隊。
switch [switF] v. 1.轉(zhuǎn)變 2.接通,切斷 (電源)
n. 1.開關(guān),電閘 2.轉(zhuǎn)換 3.枝條
stitch [stitF] n. 1.一針 2.針腳 v. 縫, 縫合
ditch [ditF] n. 溝,溝渠
pitch [pitF] vt. 1.用瀝青覆蓋 2.投擲,扔
n. 1.瀝青 2.擲
patch [pAtF] v. 修補
n. 1.補釘,補片 2.小塊,小片
dispatch [dis5pAtF] vt. 1.派遣,發(fā)送 2.調(diào)度,調(diào)遣
n. (公文)急件,快信,新聞電訊
patch的近義詞:
piece [pi:s] v. 拼合,拼湊
n. 1.碎片,碎塊 2. (一)件,片,篇
deliver [di5livE] v. 1.解救,釋放 2.遞送,交付3.表達(dá)
sliver [5slivE] n. 長條狹長的一小塊、一小部分或一小片
例: a sliver of land 狹長的一小片土地
vi. 1.切開 2.把... 剖成長條,把...切成薄片