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VOA慢速英语:Using Paper Beads to Improve Lives in Uganda
副词前置,起强调作用。
2.The group says its beaders earn an average of more than two thousand dollars a year in the program.
an average of平均有(跟数词)
例句:It was an average piece of work.
那是一件普通的产品。
average的用法:
a. 用作名词,注意以下用法:
(1) 表示“平均”、“平均数”,是可数名词。如:
The average of 6,8 and 10 is 8. 6,8,10的平均数是8。
(2) 表示“普通”、“标准”、“平常”等(大致相当于“一般水平”的意思),根据情况可用作可数或不可数名词。如:
Tom’s work atschool is above (the) average, Jim’s is below (the) averageand Jack’s is up to (the) average. 汤姆的学习成绩
属于中上水平,吉姆的学习成绩属中下水平,杰克的学习成绩属中等水平。
(3) 表示“平均起来”、“在一般情况下”,可用 on average, onan (the) average。如:
On (the) average we receive ten letters eachday. 我们平均每天收到10封信。
b. 用作形容词,注意以下用法:
(1) 表示“平均的”,通常只能放在名词前作定语,不用作表语,且没有比较等级。如:
What was the average temperature yesterday? 昨天的平均气温是多少?
(2) 表示“一般的”、“普通的”,可用作定语也可用作表语。如:
There wasnothing special about the film---it was only average. 这部电影没什么特别的---只是部普通的电影。
c. 用作动词,通常为及物动词:
The hotel averages 50 to 100 foreignguests daily. 这家旅馆平均每天接待50 至100 名外国客人。
在现代英语中,类似以下用法的 average 被看作是连系动词 (或不及物动词)。如:
Our mail averages 20 letters a day. 我们平均每天收到10封信。
3.Torkin Wakefield says the women spend up to eighteen months in the program.
up to多达
例句:I can take up to four people in my car.
我的汽车最多能坐四个人。
直到
例句:Up to now he's still quiet.
他直到现在仍保持沉默。
在于…, 取决于…
例句:This is up to you.
这件事取决于你。
能胜任
例句:He's not up to the work.
他不能胜任这件工作。
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