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慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: A Final D.A.R.E.

Source: VOA    2012-03-25   English BBS   Favorite  
短语讲解:
1. The Dictionary of American Regional English, familiarly known as DARE by its acronym, is a collection of words and phrases and pronunciations and even bits of grammar and syntax that vary from one part of the country to another.

known as被认为是,被称为
例句:Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

2. Ms. Hall says the final project is based on almost two and a half million responses to more than sixteen hundred questions.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句:Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

3. The questionnaire dealt with all sorts of things that have to do with our daily lives -- from time and weather and food and clothing and farming and plants and animals and religion, health, disease, honesty, dishonesty -- all the parts of our lives that we have words for.

deal with论述, 涉及
例句:This book deals with life in the United States.
这本书谈的是美国的生活情况。
do with与…有关
例句:I am not involved in it; it has nothing to do with me.
我与这事没有牵连; 它与我无关。

4. We all gathered together in the conference room and Joan showed off volume five.

show off炫耀, 卖弄
例句:He has a very expensive wristwatch and he misses no opportunity to show it off.
他有一只昂贵的手表, 他总是不放过任何机会来炫耀。


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