31. hardly → scarcely幾乎不

　　【例句】

　　The city had scarcely changed in 20 years. (Longman)

　　這個(gè)城市在二十年間幾乎沒(méi)變化。

　　32. help n. → aid， assistance 幫助，支持

　　help v. → assist 幫助

　　【精析】

　　assist (sb) with/in sth， help sb with sth 幫助某人做某事;with sb's aid/help 在某人的幫助下

　　【詞句】

　　These measures were designed to assist people with disabilities.(MacMillan) 這些措施旨在幫助殘疾人。

　　He succeeded with the aid of a completely new method he discovered.(Collins) 在他所發(fā)現(xiàn)的一個(gè)全新的方法的幫助下，他成功了。

　　33. importance → significance 重要性

　�、買(mǎi)'m not downplaying the significance of that area to the people of this country. (economist.com) 我沒(méi)有低估那塊區(qū)域?qū)τ谶@個(gè)國(guó)家的重要性。

　�、贑hristmas is a holiday of great significance to Americans. (economist.com)

　　圣誕節(jié)對(duì)于美國(guó)來(lái)說(shuō)是有重大意義的節(jié)日。

　　34. important → significant 重要的;critical， crucial， vital 至關(guān)重要的

　　be important for/to → be critical/crucial/vital to 對(duì)于…至關(guān)重要

　　be important à count， matter

　　【例句】

　�、貴or most of the second half of the 20th century， governments played a crucial role in funding and directing pure research and early-stage development. (economist.com)

　　對(duì)于20世紀(jì)下半葉中的大部分時(shí)間來(lái)說(shuō)，政府在資助和指導(dǎo)純理論研究和早期開(kāi)發(fā)方面扮演著至關(guān)重要的角色。

　�、赥he top five skills hiring managers say will be most critical to their businesses.(cnn.com)

　　招聘經(jīng)理說(shuō)這五種技巧將對(duì)他們的業(yè)務(wù)至關(guān)重要。

　�、踄our contribution is crucial to the success of our company.(cnn.com)

　　你的貢獻(xiàn)對(duì)我們公司的成功至關(guān)重要。

　�、躎heir participation is vital to ensuring that assistance addresses the diverse needs within the community.(cnn.com)

　　他們的參與對(duì)于保證援助能解決社區(qū)內(nèi)各種各樣需求至關(guān)重要。

　�、軫irst impressions really do count.(Longman)

　　第一印象真得很重要。

　�、轕eople need to realize that education matters.(MacMillan)

　　人們有必要意識(shí)到教育很重要。

　　35. money → capital 資金

　　【例句】

　　The drought of foreign capital is beginning to wreck many economies in central and eastern Europe. (economist.com)

　　外資的流失開(kāi)始破壞中歐和東歐的許多經(jīng)濟(jì)體。

　　36. more and more + noun → an increasing number of + noun 越來(lái)越多的某物

　　【例句】

　�、費(fèi)ore and more supercomputers are being built outside America.(econimist.com)

　　越來(lái)越多的超級(jí)計(jì)算機(jī)正在美國(guó)之外被建造。

　　②As they attempt to cut costs， an increasing number of firms are outsourcing more of their production.(economist.com)

　　隨著他們?cè)噲D削減費(fèi)用，越來(lái)越多的公司把他們更多的生產(chǎn)外包出去。

　�、踀K house prices have become unaffordable to an increasing number of the population.(economist.com)

　　英國(guó)的房?jī)r(jià)變得讓越來(lái)越多的人不可承受。

　　37. more and more → increasingly 越來(lái)越…

　　【例句】

　�、買(mǎi) think that the world is more and more uncertain.(economist.com)

　　我認(rèn)為世界將變得越來(lái)越不確定。

　�、赟uccess in business increasingly depends on chance encounters.(economist.com)

　　在商界的成功越來(lái)越依靠機(jī)遇了。

　　③Scientists are increasingly worried about the amount of debris orbiting the Earth.(economist.com)

　　科學(xué)家越來(lái)越擔(dān)心圍繞著地球飛行的殘骸量。

　�、蹵mericans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours.(economist.com) 越來(lái)越多的美國(guó)人正選擇住在志同道合的鄰居中間。

　　38. most (of) → the majority of 大多數(shù)，大部分

　　【例句】

　�、貲espite receiving billions of dollars of aid， most of its 35m people remain poor.(economist.com) 盡管接受了數(shù)十億的援助，其3500萬(wàn)民眾中的大部分仍然貧困。

　　②In most countries， the majority of wealth is concentrated in a fairly small number of hands.(economist.com)

　　在大部分國(guó)家，大部分財(cái)富集中于相當(dāng)一小部分人手中。

　�、跿echnology has not simplified the lives of the majority of the people on the planet， including.(economist.com)

　　科技沒(méi)有使地球上大部分人的生活變得簡(jiǎn)單。

　　39. method → approach 方法，手段

　　①China and India are finding two somewhat different approaches to getting rid of poverty， yet they have similarities.(economist.com)

　　中國(guó)和印度找到兩種略有不同的方法擺脫貧困，盡管它們有相似之處。

　　②You should not hesitate to break away from conventional approaches.(cnn.com)

　　你應(yīng)該毫不猶豫地拋棄傳統(tǒng)方法。

　　40. often adv. → frequently經(jīng)常地，頻繁地

　　【例句】

　　Limestone was frequently used as a building material. (Longman)

　　石灰石常被用作建筑材料。

　　41. old → aged， elderly 年邁的，年老的

　　the aged/old/elderly → old people 老年人

　　【例句】

　　The charity concert is designed to help the aged.

　　這場(chǎng)慈善音樂(lè)會(huì)旨在幫助老年人。

　　42. only adj. → sole 唯一的

　　only adv. → solely 僅僅地

　　【例句】

　�、貵riffiths is the sole survivor of the crash.(Longman)

　　格里菲斯是這場(chǎng)墜機(jī)事故中唯一的幸存者。

　�、赪e simply cannot rely solely on the market to fix our problems.(bbc.co.uk)

　　我們不能僅僅依靠市場(chǎng)來(lái)解決我們的問(wèn)題。

　　43. in my opinion → in my view， from my perspective/point of view / standpoint / viewpoint 在我看來(lái)，我的觀點(diǎn)是

　　【例句】

　　①I(mǎi)n my view， all these protesters are quite arrogant and plainly ignorant.(economist.com)

　　在我看來(lái)，所有這些抗議者十分傲慢并且完全無(wú)知。

　�、贔rom my perspective， tax cuts to 95 percent of working families is not wasteful.(cnn.com)

　　以我看來(lái)，對(duì)95%的工薪階層的減稅并非浪費(fèi)。

　　44. ordinary adj. → average 普通的

　　【例句】

　�、買(mǎi)t is estimated that the average American still pollutes between five and six times more than the average Chinese person.(bbc.co.uk)

　　據(jù)估計(jì)普通美國(guó)人的污染量仍然相當(dāng)于五六個(gè)中國(guó)人。

　�、赟tatistics have shown that the average students from religious schools do better academically than their counterparts of state school.(bbc.co.uk)

　　統(tǒng)計(jì)顯示來(lái)自宗教學(xué)校的普通學(xué)生在學(xué)業(yè)上比國(guó)立學(xué)校的同級(jí)別學(xué)生表現(xiàn)更出色。

　　45. pain → anguish， agony 身體或精神上的痛苦

　　【例句】

　�、貶e battled mental and physical anguish.(bbc.co.uk)

　　他忍受著精神上和身體上的痛苦。

　　②They can no longer tolerate the mental or physical anguish of a terminal illness.(bbc.co.uk) 他們?cè)僖膊荒苋淌芤环N絕癥帶來(lái)的精神或肉體上的痛苦。

　�、跦e had been in the hospital for several weeks and was in mental agony.(bbc.co.uk)

　　他在醫(yī)院里住了數(shù)周，并且也處于精神痛苦之中。

　　46. prepare， get ready → gear up 準(zhǔn)備

　　【用法】

　　prepare for sth = get ready for sth 準(zhǔn)備某事;

　　gear up for sth = prepare to do sth = gear up to do sth 準(zhǔn)備做某事

　　be prepared to do sth = be ready to do sth = be geared up to sth 準(zhǔn)備好做某事

　　【例句】

　�、貶e gears up for a meeting with a presidential candidate.(bbc.co.uk)

　　他準(zhǔn)備和一位總統(tǒng)候選人會(huì)面。

　�、贜okia needs to gear up to provide services， not hardware.(economist.com)

　　諾基亞需要準(zhǔn)備提供的是服務(wù)，而不是硬件。

　�、跿he international community are geared up to help Haiti.(bbc.co.uk)

　　國(guó)際社會(huì)準(zhǔn)備幫助海地。

　　47. poor adj. → impoverished 非常貧窮的; poverty-stricken 貧窮的; cash-strapped 拮據(jù)的，缺少資金的;economically disadvantaged 在經(jīng)濟(jì)上處于不利地位的，即相對(duì)貧窮的

　　【例句】

　�、買(mǎi)t is indeed good news that China is every where in Africa opening businesses and creating employment for the impoverished people.(economist.com)

　　這真是好消息：中國(guó)在非洲各地做貿(mào)易并為一貧如洗的人們創(chuàng)造就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。

　�、贓lsewhere in India， the Muslim minority is economically disadvantaged.(economist.com)

　　在印度其他地方，穆斯林相對(duì)貧困。

　　48. rich， wealthy adj. → affluent 富裕的

　　【例句】

　�、貲eath rates in Scotland are falling faster in more affluent areas than in poorer places， a study says.(bbc.co.uk)

　　一項(xiàng)研究表明，在蘇格蘭富裕地區(qū)的死亡率相較于貧窮地區(qū)下降地更快。

　�、赥he cash-strapped Caribbean island now wants to attract a more affluent， bigger-spending class of tourists.(bbc.co.uk)

　　這個(gè)沒(méi)錢(qián)的加勒比島正想吸引一個(gè)更加富裕、消費(fèi)更多的游客階層。

　　49. result from → stem from 源于，因…而出現(xiàn)

　　【例句】

　�、賂he country's floods partly stemmed from over-use of forests by industry.(bbc.co.uk)

　　該國(guó)的洪水部分原因是工業(yè)過(guò)度消耗森林。

　　②The violent protests stemmed from disputed elections in 2000， which the opposition says were rigged.(bbc.co.uk)

　　這場(chǎng)暴力抗議源于有爭(zhēng)議的2000年的選舉，反對(duì)派稱(chēng)其是作弊的。

　　50. be sad → be grieved 悲傷

　　【例句】

　�、買(mǎi) feel deeply grieved.(bcc.co.uk)

　　我感到深深地悲傷。

　　②At present we are grieved and tomorrow looks uncertain.(bbc.co.uk)

　　現(xiàn)在我很悲傷，明天開(kāi)起來(lái)是不確定的。

　　51. be similar to → resemble 相似，像

　　【例句】

　　①Right now America's banking system resembles a pyramid.(economist.com)

　　現(xiàn)在美國(guó)的銀行體系像個(gè)金字塔。

　　②Today's financial crisis resembles the one that happened three-quarters of a century ago.(economist.com)

　　目前的金融危機(jī)像發(fā)生在四分之三世紀(jì)之前的那場(chǎng)金融危機(jī)。

　　52. spend → expend， invest 在某方面花費(fèi)時(shí)間、精力或資金等

　　【精析】

　　invest除了表示投資外，還可表示“在某方面花費(fèi)時(shí)間、精力或資金等”，請(qǐng)看其在朗文字典中的解釋?zhuān)簍o use a lot of time， effort etc or spend money in order to make something succeed，其用法為 invest (sth) in sth。

　　expend也有相同的意思，用法為expend sth in/on (doing) sth。

　　【例句】

　�、賂he city has invested millions of dollars in the museum.(Longman)

　　這個(gè)城市投入幾百萬(wàn)到博物館上。

　�、赮ou have to be willing to invest a lot of time in taking care of elderly parents.(Macmillan)

　　你必須愿意投入大量時(shí)間照顧年邁的父母。

　　③She's invested a lot of emotional energy in that business.(Oxford)

　　她為那事費(fèi)了很大的心血。

　�、躆anufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort trying to improve computer security.(Longman)

　　工程師花費(fèi)了大量的時(shí)間和精力去努力增加計(jì)算機(jī)安全。

　　53. stop v. → cease 停止

　　①I(mǎi)t is unrealistic to expect that forest degradation will cease.(economist.com)

　　期待森林退化將停止是不切實(shí)際的。

　�、赑laying fair would cease to have any value.(economist.com)

　　公平競(jìng)爭(zhēng)將不再有任何價(jià)值。

　�、跰arkets and the public cease to believe that prices will remain stable.(economist.com)

　　市場(chǎng)和公眾將不再相信價(jià)格將仍然保持穩(wěn)定。

　　54. thank sb： ->be grateful to sb， feel/express/show gratitude to sb 感激某人，感謝某人，向某人致謝

　　【例句】

　　①You should be grateful to him who gives you this opportunity.(economist.com)

　　你應(yīng)該感謝他，因?yàn)樗�給了你這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。

　�、赥he world must express its gratitude to Sri Lanka.(economist.com)

　　世界必須向斯里蘭卡致謝

　　55. think → argue 認(rèn)為

　　【例句】

　　He argued that business schools could and should play a terrific role in raising the standard of management.(hbr.org)

　　他認(rèn)為商業(yè)學(xué)校能夠而且應(yīng)該在提高管理水準(zhǔn)中扮演重大角色。

　　56. though → despite the fact that 盡管

　　【例句】

　　She's taking her children on holiday， despite the fact that school starts tomorrow.(Oxford)

　　她正帶著她的孩子去度假，盡管學(xué)校明天開(kāi)學(xué)。

　　57. be used to： -> be accustomed to 適應(yīng)，習(xí)慣

　　【例句】

　　We were accustomed to studying in the library.

　　我們習(xí)慣了再圖書(shū)館里學(xué)習(xí)。

　　58. very adv.： -> extremely， exceedingly 非常地，極度地

　　【例句】

　　①This decision is extremely unwise.(bbc.co.uk)

　　這個(gè)決定非常不明智。

　　②He is exceedingly lean.(cnn.com)

　　他非常瘦。

　　59. all over the world → on the earth/planet， across / all over / around / round / throughout + the earth / globe / planet / world， globally 全世界范圍內(nèi)，全球

　　【例句】

　�、賅hat methods and models do scientists use to track the changes in temperature all over the earth? (cnn.com)

　　科學(xué)家用什么方法和模型來(lái)跟蹤全球范圍內(nèi)的氣溫變化呢?

　�、赥raditional medicines continue to thrive globally. (cnn.com)

　　傳統(tǒng)醫(yī)藥繼續(xù)在全球范圍內(nèi)興盛。

　�、跲bama is an inspiration to the youths all over the globe.(cnn.com)

　　奧巴馬是對(duì)全世界青年的一個(gè)激勵(lì)。

　　60. want to do sth： aspire to do sth 渴望做某事

　　【例句】

　　The consulting firm aspires to hire top talents from a diverse set of backgrounds around the world. (cnn.com)

　　這家咨詢(xún)公司渴望雇到全世界有各種不同背景的頂尖人才。

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