和谐英语

经济学人下载:沙特改革大幕已开启(2)

2018-07-25来源:Economist


1.make up 组成;补足;化妆;编造

例句:Women officers make up 13 percent of the police force.

女警察构成警力的13%

2.the right to 做某事的权

例句:The accused has the right to defense

被告人有权获得辩护

3.sully 玷污
 

例句:Its image has been sullied by $9 billion in improper accounting.

其形象被90亿的假账所毁。

4.all but 几乎,差不多

例句:But that market has all but disappeared.

不过,这个市场现在几乎消失了。