第二十六节 形容词加动词
这种结构与前面提到的名词动词结构是一样的,而且汉语中也有类似结构。
1. Singapore has short-circuited the water cycle by reducing it to an island-ringing
loop.
新加坡在岛内实现了水的循环,从而缩短了水循环过程。
2. short-cut stubbles. 割得很浅的秸茬。
3. Mass-produced furniture is cheaper than furniture made by hand.
批量生产的家具比手工做的家具便宜。
4. It is already leading the consumer society away from the mass-produced
homogeneity of the assembly line.
计算机正引导着消费者群体摆脱由流水线大批生产出来的各种产品千篇一律的状况。
5. volume-produced. 大批量生产的
6. The walls on the inside were nicely white-washed, and my daughters undertook to
adorn them with pictures of their own designing.
内墙被涂成美丽的白色,我的几个女儿开始用她们自己设计图画来装饰这些墙面。
7. whitepaint. 涂成白色。
8. shortchange the customer. 给顾客少找零钱
9. The dress is dry-cleaned. 这个裙子是干洗的。
10. He peeled the potatoes and thin-sliced them into a quart-sized Mason fruit jar.
他先给土豆去皮,随后切成薄片,放进一个一夸脱大小的梅森牌水果瓶里。
11.“More?”the father said, mock-exasperated but clearly pleased.
爸爸说:“还要?”,他假装生气,其实很开心。
12. My brother prefers soft-boiled eggs. 我哥喜欢煮嫩的鸡蛋。
I like my eggs boiled hard. 煮老。
13. He is dumb struck. 他惊呆了。
14. double wrapped. 裹双层的。
与下面汉语中的短语对比学习:
散养鸡鸭, 富养女儿,拴养(狗), 圈养, 鲸吞,蚕食,狼吞虎咽
词 汇 积 累
1. growth n 增长;发展;生长;种植
a. growth stage. 成长期
b. blog site of urban growth. 关于城市发展的博客网站。
2. guarantee n 保证;担保;保证人
There is no guarantee…不能保证…。
3. guard n 守卫;警戒;护卫队
a. prison guards. 狱警。
b. guard dog. 看门狗。
c. guard rails. 护栏。
d. Let your guard down. 放松警惕。
e. a guard house. 门岗。
4. guerrilla n 游击战;游击队
guerrilla way of marketing. 游击方式推销。
5. guess n 猜测;推测
make a guess. 猜一下。