和谐英语

经济学人下载:贝雅特戈登

2014-06-17来源:Economist

1.pick up 捡起;接载;学会

Yet occupancy and rental rates have started to pick up for prime properties.
不过,高档商业地产的入住率和租金水平都已开始回升。

For once in your life, could you pick up your dirty socks?
你能不能把你的臭袜子捡起来,就这一次?

2.point out 提示;点明;指明

Just the same, it's easy enough to point out flaws in the world we inhabit.
要指出我们生存的这个世界有何瑕疵很简单。

But he does point out that some of the pledges apple made have not been fulfilled.
但他指出,苹果承诺过的一些事情并没有兑现。
3.sort out 整理;整顿;解决

I think the region can sort out its problems.
我想,该地区能解决自己的问题。

Thais no longer trust parliament to sort out their differences and have taken their grievances to the streets.
泰国人不再指望议会来解决他们之间的分歧,而是走上街头发泄自己的不满。

4.burst into 突然开始

Dr. graham suddenly and without knocking burst into the room.
格雷汉姆医生也没顾上敲门,就突然冲进了屋。

In 2009, police burst into a washington, d.c. family's home to arrest a suspect on weapons charges.
在2009年,警察闯入华盛顿的一家人家,去抓捕一名受到武器指控的嫌犯。