2.2 名词加形容词
这种“名词加形容词”结构在句中可以用作表语,也可以后跟名词,用作定语。
1.Fundamental attribution error is human universe. 基本归因错误是人类普遍现象。
2. Ross is brain dead. 罗斯脑死亡。
3. germ free. 无菌的。
4. benefits-free workers. 不要求福利待遇的工人。
5. Worry-free Beef (标题)放心牛肉。
6. carefree. 无忧无虑的;不负责的。
拓展学习:careladen 忧心的;劳苦的;careworn. 忧心忡忡的;疲倦的
7. a steak with certified “disease-free” DNA. 具有合格“无病”DNA 的牛排。
8. interest-free period. 免息期。
9.The US government provided an interest-free loan to the United nations for the cost
of construction which began in 1949.
美国政府向 1949 年开始的联合国建设项目提供无息贷款。
10. world weary. 厌世的。
11. They should not look like classroom-ready material.
他们看起来应该不像是课堂上准备的材料。
12.Off-Broadway shows are more experimental than the entertainment-focused
productions of Broadway.
非百老汇戏剧界的演出与百老汇以娱乐为主的演出相比更具有开拓性。
13 . So the brain becomes oxygen starved. 因此大脑会缺氧。
14. in the speech-emergent phase. 在言语产生阶段。
15. Peng had her best year on the WTA circuit, consistently going deep into
tournaments and lifting her ranking to a career-high No 14 after the US Open.
Penang has definitely emerged from obscurity to global prominence in the history of
modern China.
彭积极参加各种排名赛,使她迎来了在 WTA 巡回赛上成绩最好的一年,在美国
公开赛之后,她的排名上升到第十四名,这是她职业生涯中较好排名。在中国现
代史上她无疑是个奇迹, 从一个无名小卒成长为世界知名人物。
16. New drivers of economic growth need to be developed to replace the energy
intensive, export and investment driven economy of today.
需要培育新的经济增长驱动力来取代能源密集型、出口投资驱动型经济。
17. Volatile food prices make more people vulnerable to food shortages and poverty,
especially those in small, import-independent countries.
食品价格的不稳定使得更多的人难以承受食物短缺及贫穷,特别是那些不依赖进口
的小国家。
18. school aged children(China Daily). 学龄儿童。
19. World-renowned Terracotta Warriors. 世界闻名的兵马俑。
20. The system illustrates how a renewable resource, publicly owned and managed,
can be exploited to create a job-sensitive manufacturing and service industry worth
more than 70 billion dollars annually in the United States and Canada.
这一制度揭示了在公有制和公共管理下如何利用再生资源开发与就业问题密切
相关的制造业和服务业,这给美国和加拿大带来了 700 多亿美元的收入。
21. Labor-intensive companies will get discounts on electricity and transportation
fees.
劳动密集型公司会在电费及交通运输费上获得折扣。
22. a price-sensitive market( one in which a product will be bought only if the price is
exactly right)
对价格敏感的市场(只有当价格完全合理时才会有人购买商品的市场)。
23. world-wide fame. 世界著名的。
24. world-famous. 世界著名的。
25. world-renowned education. 世界闻名的教育。
26. headstrong. 固执的。
27. They weren’t even half-finished.(adj)它们甚至不是半成品的。
28. They weren’t even half-finished. (n) 它们甚至连半成品都算不上。
29. Residents of western states tend to marry younger, and younger people are
generally more divorce-prone.
西部各州居民倾向于早婚,而通常结婚越早越容易离婚。
30. It is generally agreed that drivers who are in the habit of drinking are usually more
accident-prone.
人们一致认为,驾驶员若有饮酒习惯则通常容易出交通事故。