和谐英语

经济学人下载:世界杯 球场不够完美

2014-06-10来源:Economist
1.describe as 描述为

The nautilus institute has been involved in energy projects in north korea since 1992 and has collated what diplomats describe as the most credible snapshots of energy supply there.
鹦鹉螺研究所自1992年起开始参与朝鲜的能源计划,并已比照了被外交官描述为该国最可信的能源供应快照。

Not grotesquely ogre-like ugly, but definitely not what anyone would describe as handsome.
虽不像怪物那般奇丑,但也绝对不是人人所说的那种英俊。

2.radio transmission 无线电广播

Hey! Just what about my radio transmission did you not understand?
嘿!我在无线电里怎么说的,听不懂吗?

The radio transmission about the oxygen tank emergency has been widely misquoted as "houston, we have a problem."
这份有关氧气罐紧急事故的无线电传输内容,一直被广泛错误引述为:“休斯顿,我们遇到麻烦了。”

3.according to 根据,按照;据…所说

Which means, according to the fed's predictions, rates will likely stay low into 2015.
按照美联储的预测,这意味着利率将保持低位直至2015年。

Levinson "pleaded every day" with him, according to isaacson.
根据艾萨克森的描述,莱文森“每天都恳求他”。

4.insist on 坚持,强调

I insist on quietness in my room.
我要求在我的房间里要安静。

I insist on your being there.
我坚持要你在那里。