37. more and more → increasingly 越来越…
【例句】
①I think that the world is more and more uncertain.(economist.com)
我认为世界将变得越来越不确定。
②Success in business increasingly depends on chance
encounters.(economist.com)
在商界的成功越来越依靠机遇了。
③Scientists are increasingly worried about the amount of debris orbiting
the Earth.(economist.com)
科学家越来越担心围绕着地球飞行的残骸量。
④Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded
neighbours.(economist.com) 越来越多的美国人正选择住在志同道合的邻居中间。 38. most (of) → the majority of 大多数，大部分
【例句】
①Despite receiving billions of dollars of aid， most of its 35m people
remain poor.(economist.com) 尽管接受了数十亿的援助，其3500万民众中的大部分仍然贫困。
②In most countries， the majority of wealth is concentrated in a fairly
small number of hands.(economist.com)
在大部分国家，大部分财富集中于相当一小部分人手中。
③Technology has not simplified the lives of the majority of the people on
the planet， including.(economist.com)
科技没有使地球上大部分人的生活变得简单。 39. method → approach 方法，手段
①China and India are finding two somewhat different approaches to getting
rid of poverty， yet they have similarities.(economist.com)
中国和印度找到两种略有不同的方法摆脱贫困，尽管它们有相似之处。
②You should not hesitate to break away from conventional
approaches.(cnn.com)
你应该毫不犹豫地抛弃传统方法。 40. often adv. → frequently经常地，频繁地
【例句】
Limestone was frequently used as a building material. (Longman)
石灰石常被用作建筑材料。 41. old → aged， elderly 年迈的，年老的
the aged/old/elderly → old people 老年人
【例句】
The charity concert is designed to help the aged.
这场慈善音乐会旨在帮助老年人。 42. only adj. → sole 唯一的
only adv. → solely 仅仅地
【例句】
①Griffiths is the sole survivor of the crash.(Longman)
格里菲斯是这场坠机事故中唯一的幸存者。
②We simply cannot rely solely on the market to fix our
problems.(bbc.co.uk)
我们不能仅仅依靠市场来解决我们的问题。
发表于 2018-11-3 14:08:10