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抗议者的清扫旨在华尔街的清理

2011-10-17来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Anti-Wall Street demonstrators in New York City have pre-empted the official cleanup and potential dispersal of their protest by cleaning up the park where the action is taking place themselves. 

clean up打扫; 清理
例句:This room needs cleaning up.
这间房间需要打扫一下。
take place发生; 举行
例句:The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

2. Protesters spent the night feverishly disposing of garbage and scrubbing down the park they are occupying, to head off a 7:00 a.m. official cleanup.

head off防止…发生
例句:They could think of no way to head off the inflation.
他们想不出避免通货膨胀的办法。

3. As the sun rose, several individuals, sensing victory in what protesters describe as a battle, brought back mattresses that had been removed in anticipation of a ban against their use at the park.

describe as描述为
例句:I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

4. Many also caught up on sleep, including Adam and Anna of Queens, New York.

catch up on赶做(尚未做的或忘了做的事);弥补(工作、睡眠等)
例句:I have to catch up on my sleep.
我必须补充睡眠。

5. "This is going to keep going.  It is a global movement that is going to change the world.  People are not going to give up because of rain and park cleaning," said Anna.

give up 放弃;投降
例句:She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。

6. Walesa said the profits must be invested in people. 

invest in在…上投资, 在…投入(时间、精力等)
例句:Capital can be safely invested in that company.
资金可以保险地投资于那个公司上。