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VOA慢速英语:Awards Ceremony to Mark Hispanic Heritage Month in US

2010-09-14来源:和谐英语
1.awards n.奖品,决定,判决

例句:She has been awarded a scholarship to study at Harvard.
      她获得了去哈佛大学读书的奖学金。

2.outnumber vt.数目超过,比…多

例句:The girls in the class outnumber the boys two to one.
      那一班的女孩子比男孩子多一倍。

3.heritage n.遗产,祖先所留之物,继承物

4.ancestry n.祖先,世系,血统

例句:A token of their ancestry will be seen in the curly tail feathers of the drakes.
      公鸭的祖先标记能够从其卷曲的尾羽上看出来。

5.honoree n.领奖人, 主宾

例句:The honoree gave his roasters as good as he got.
      领奖人将烘烤器原样归还。

6.noNPRofit a.非营利的,不合资本主义的

例句:The funds of noNPRofit organizations are nontaxable.
      非盈利性机构的资金是免税的。

7.observance n.遵守,仪式,惯例

8.sponsor vt.发起,赞助,倡议

例句:Two Virginian Congressmen sponsored the bill.
      两位弗吉尼亚国会议员提出这一议案。

9.indigenous a.本土的,土著的,国产的

例句:The indigenous method costs less money.
      土办法少花钱。