抗议者的清扫旨在华尔街的清理
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。
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