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经济学人下载:马克里奇 悼念原物料大王

2014-04-17来源:Economist
1.pick up 捡起;接载

Be sure to pick up surowiecki's book.
请把索罗斯基的书再拾起来。

Can you pick up the apple for me?
你能帮我捡起那个苹果吗?

2.step off 离开;步测

You step off that chair, you end it all.
你跨出一步,一切都结束了。

We see her step off the plane.
我们看到她从飞机上走下来。

3.begin to 开始

Within minutes brain cells begin to die.
几分钟后脑细胞开始死亡。

Nobody wants to watch your science projects blossom mold or begin to stink up the communal space.
没有人想看着你的科研项目绽放“霉菌”,也没人想看到它们把整个公共空间搞得臭气熏天。

4.in exchange for 交换

Mr monti's big idea is a swap: liberalism in exchange for redistribution.
蒙逖先生的妙计是一个互换机制:自由主义交换再分配。

Chinese exporters gave the dollars to their central bank in exchange for domestic bonds.
中国出口商把美元交给本国央行,并换得国内债券。