每日一句初级口语第170期:剑桥大学年度美臀
日期:2012-06-05 10:42

(单词翻译:单击)

今天我们要学的每日一句的内容是:

While their predecessors have amassed dozens of Nobel

prizes and other intellectual accolades, the current

crop of Cambridge undergraduates is focusing on a

rather less taxing competition – rear of the year.

当前辈校友们多次斩获诺贝尔奖,取得令人刮目的学术成就时,

如今的剑桥大学学生却 更热衷于不太费力的竞争——评选“年

度美臀”。


1. predecessor:祖先,前任,原有事物

Example: Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.我们新来的医生比他的前任年轻许多。

2. amass:收集,积累

Example: He is planed to amass a fortune for a rainy day.他正打算积蓄财富以备不时之需。

3. dozens of:几十

Example: He's got dozens of suits but not one of them is presentable.他有几十套衣服,却没有一套像样的。

4. intellectual:凭理智做事者,知识分子

Example: He likes to set himself up as an intellectual.他喜欢自命为知识分子。

5. accolade:表扬,嘉奖

Example: is new book received accolade from the papers.他的新书受到报纸的热烈赞扬。

4. current:现在的,流通的

Example: How long will she keep her current job?她现在这份工作能维持多久?

5. crop:农作物,收成,庄稼,(一)批

Example: The programme brought quite a crop of complaints from viewers.该节目招致观众诸多不满.

6. taxing:费力的,棘手的

Example: Raising a creative child can be taxing.培养一个有创造性的孩子可能会费心费力。

7. rear:后部,尾部,后方

Example: The rear of the bus is in smoke.公交汽车尾部在冒烟。


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重点单词
  • accoladen. 赞美,表扬,推崇,武士爵位的授与
  • intellectualn. 知识份子,凭理智做事者 adj. 智力的,聪明的
  • currentn. (水、气、电)流,趋势 adj. 流通的,现在的,
  • creativeadj. 创造性的
  • fortunen. 财产,命运,运气
  • competitionn. 比赛,竞争,竞赛
  • predecessorn. 前辈,前任,原有事物