必考短语系列

东之威 · 发表于 2015-11-19 23:00

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1.vaguely-worded 含糊的措辞
2.chime (In) with sth = fit sth; suit sth; 符合某事，适合某事；
3.chime with the idea; 与...观念相一致；
4.His answer ought to be reassuring.这种能力会让人觉得值得宽慰
5.be tempted to 直译为“被诱惑”，但是用I 做主语的时候最好转译为：禁不住，愿意，会
  I am tempted to call this phenomenon unusual.
6. elect=choose
7. it looks as if = 看起来，好像
8.我记忆中参加的每次聚会，参加者都会各自关注于自己的智能手机。
I can’t think of a single gathering I’ve attended where attendees wouldn’t focus on their own smart phones respectively.
10.Small wonder 没什么好惊讶的；=Little wonder=It’s a small wonder.
American claim that they can cure cancer. (It’s a) small wonder. They can cure death.
(一般是比较讽刺的说法。)
11.throw/shed/cast/light on sth  说明…解释…
I really hope that new light will be thrown on the cause of cancer by the research.
我真希望这项研究对癌症的起因有所启发。
The experiment sheds no light on what would happen if everyone's wealth increased equally.
这项研究并没有解释如果每个人的财富都增加的话会发生什么。
12. be poised to.意思是时刻准备着，准备就绪。
1) Officials at the Federal Reserve are poised to reduce the bond-buying program if they see more evidence of a strengthening economy. 如果经济恢复迹象明显，他们将随时准备减少购买国债。
谷歌公司致力于一次零售业革命。
2) Google is poised to open its own major chain of consumer retail stores.
谷歌准备开启自己的零售商业链。
13. Private sector 私有部门
British has named private sector managers to oversee reforms of some state-controlled banks.
英国政府任命一些私有部门高管，负责监管某些国家控股银行的改革。
14. Bug bounty 意思是找到系统漏洞而得到的奖赏.
Bug bounties are awards that are paid to hackers for finding bugs in a company's system.
漏洞奖励是公司发给协助他们发现系统漏洞的黑客的奖赏。
15.  unethical 不道德的
The former assistant football coach at the University of Miami was accused of unethical conducts. 美国迈阿密大学足球校队前任助理教练被指控有过违反职业道德的行为。