
经济学人每日一词:downtime
蜂群系统一整天都处于瘫痪状态之中。
The swarm system was down all day.
蜂群系统一整天都处于瘫痪状态之中。
The swarm system was down all day.
从未有驻联合国记者被驱逐。
No journalist accredited to the UN has ever been expelled.
日本侵略军
Japanese invasive troops
从拼写上来看, cosmetic 是一个与 cometic (彗星的、彗星似的)十分形似且容易相混淆的单词,两者可以一并联想记忆。
人们蜂拥而至,前来帮她。
People swarmed to help her.
采取断然措施
take drastic action
进口政策的重大改变
a drastic change in import policy
从拼写上不难发现 prohibitive 与熟词 prohibit (禁止;阻止)相关。而从词源上来看,两者都源自于拉丁语 prohibitus (阻止、约束、阻碍、防止)。
从词源上来看, churn 一词源自古英语 cyrin (搅乳器),最早也是用作名词表示制作黄油的“搅乳器”,即一种通过搅拌或摇晃牛奶或奶油来制作黄油的容器。
一辆疾驰而来的汽车腾空而起,飞离地面两三英尺,然后落在草地上。
A hurtling car became airborne, flying two or three feet off the ground before landing on the grass.
从词源上来看, proliferate 一词最早出现于1857年,逆构自名词 proliferation (激增、剧增)而来。
那个小女孩伤心欲绝,她的白日梦彻底破灭了。
The little girl was devastated, her pipe dream shattered.
一副神气活现的样子
an air of superiority
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