加大版的美国梦想之家

短语讲解：

1. The name is borrowed from the “super-sized” drinks and French fries and sandwiches at McDonald’s fast-food restaurants.

borrow from从…借入; 借用
例句：Japanese has borrowed heavily from English.
日语借用了很多英语词汇。

2. They’re built by people who want all sorts of amenities and can afford them: lots of bedrooms, a spacious lawn, a three- or four-car garage, maybe even a swimming pool.

all sorts of各种各样的
例句：All sorts of rumors are going around.各种谣言正四处流传。

3. Throw in a library and a mega-kitchen fit for a king’s chef and the result is a home of gargantuan proportions.

throw in把…扔进…
例句：After reading the letter, he threw it in the waste-paper basket.
他看完信之后, 把它扔进了字纸篓。
fit for适于, 适合
例句：His great height fitted him for team games.
他个头高大, 适合参加团体运动项目。

4. But squeeze one onto a modest lot in an older community, and you’ve created, in the eyes of your neighbors, an eyesore that's absurdly out of scale with its surroundings.

out of scale不成比例，不相称
例句：A house that seemed out of scale with its surroundings.
与周围景致不相称的房子

5. Citizens who are upset by the super-sized houses going up in their neighborhood have four choices: move, win the lottery and build their own McMansion, get used to the monolith next door or, if it’s not too late, get the city council to pass a regulation to limit the size of new houses in their area.

go up被建造起来,被兴建
例句：A new ore-dressing plant is rapidly going up.
一座新的选矿厂正快速修建起来。
get used to习惯于
例句：I get used to looking after myself.
我已经习惯于照顾自己了。

6. Increasingly, that last solution seems to be working.

seem to仿佛、好像
例句：The baby seems to be asleep.
那婴孩好像是睡着了。

7. Communities across the country are passing stricter building restrictions to keep out what some have sneeringly called “starter castles.”

keep out扣留; 保留, 留下
例句：The best cuts of the meat were kept out for the sick and wounded.
最好的几块肉留给了伤病员。

8. In zoning hearings, courtrooms, and online blogs, we’re hearing a lot of sentiments such as this, in response to an MSN Business story online

such as像, 例如
例句：We dislike people such as him.
我们不喜欢像他这号人。
in response to对…做出反应
例句：She laughed in response to his jokes.
他的话引起她大笑。

9. It is really no one’s business what I decide to build upon my own land or property if I follow the building codes

build upon指望，依赖，建立于
例句：Virtue is the only grind for friendship to is build upon.
美德是建立友谊唯一的基础。