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我们从福岛核事故学到什么?

2012-03-01来源:CRI
短语讲解:
1. The reactor operator has described the reactor as in cold shutdown.

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。

2. What they really mean by that is that radiation emitted from the plant has been brought down to near acceptable levels.

bring down (使)减少,降低(温度、物价等);使(某人)降低价格
例句:The dealers finally brought the price down to a reasonable figure.
商人们终于把物价压低到合理的程度。

3. And the operators were working under appalling conditions and proper plans for responding to an accident of this scale hadn't been developed.

respond to对…有某种反应〔感觉, 表现〕
例句:She responded to the news by bursting into tears.
她听到那个消息后眼泪夺眶而出。

4. "What needs to be learnt from this accident?"

learn from从...中吸取教训
例句:We should learn from his mistakes.
我们应该从他的错误中接受教训。

5. Those plans have to be developed well in advance and managed and practiced.

in advance预先, 事先
例句:Everything was fixed in advance.
一切都是预先安排好的。

6. "What does clean up mean?"

clean up整顿; 实行改革
例句:The new mayor said he would clean the city up.
新市长说, 他要整顿本市。

7. The cost is unknown but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was significantly in excess of, say, 100 billion dollars.

in excess of多于, 超出
例句:He advised his son never to spend in excess of his income.
他劝儿子开支不可超过收入。