第七节 与介词“under”连用的名词
1. The building under construction will be the highest in this city.
这个在建的建筑将是这个城市最高的。
2. The question is still under discussion. 这个问题还在讨论中。
3. An investigation is under way. 正在进行一项调查。
4. An inspection of school buses is under way after 19 children were killed in an accident.
在 19 名孩子死于车祸后,开始对校车进行安检。
5. China’s aquatic fauna and its vast marine areas are under threat from intensive
coastal exploration and land-based pollution, a senior official said.
一位高级官员说,由于密集的沿海勘探以及来自陆地的污染,中国的水生动物
以及大片海域都面临着威胁。
6. The cause of the accidents is still under investigation. 事故原因还在调查当中。
词 汇 积 累
1. ambivalence n 矛盾
It also illustrates the peculiar ambivalence she feels.
这也表明她内心感到特别矛盾。
2. Americanization n 美国化
a. Americanization process. 美国化过程。
a. Americanization education. 美国化教育。
b. Chinese Europeanization. 汉语欧化。
与 “internalization”, 和“internationalization”一块学习,以这种构词方式构成的名词还
有很多。
3. analogy n 比喻
a. draw a family analogy. 好比一个家庭。
b. I could express this with an athletic analogy. 我喜欢用体育打个比方。
c. And an analogy I like to think about is that when you bring your car into repair.
我喜欢用的一个比喻,就是当你去修车时。
4. angle n 角度
a. 45 degree angle 45 度角。
b. in the historical angle of military history. 从军事史角度看。
5. answer n 回答;解答
Running away is not the answer. 逃避不是办法。