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VOA慢速英语:Women Edge Past Men in Doctorates in US
ad. 在…的那边,超出,超过,除…以外;超出…的范围
2.award vt.授予, 奖给; 判给
例句:The court awarded heavy damages.
法院判定很重的损失赔偿金。
3.doctorate n.博士学位
例句:He hasn't enough credits to get his doctorate.
他的学分不够取得博士学位。
4.enrollment n.注册,入会,入学等的人数
例句:Middle school enrollments will peak this year.
今年中学入学人数将达到高峰。
University enrollments had risen by 50 per cent.
大学入学人数增加了50%。
5.decrease vt.vi.(使)缩短; 减小, 减少
例句:The traffic accidents in the city decreased last year.
该城市去年交通事故减少了。
The population began to decrease.
人口开始减少。
decrease,diminish,lessen,reduce,dwindle
这些协词的共同含义是“减少,变少”。
decrease指逐渐地、不断地减少。
diminish侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小,强调减小的部分。
lessen普通用词,与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。
reduce普通用词,含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。
dwindle与decrease同义,指逐渐减小,但强调变得越来越少终至全无。
6.recession n.经济衰退; 不景气;经济萎缩
7.determine v.限定; 制定; 支配
例句:Economic factors determine the progress which a society can make.
经济因素是社会进步的决定因素。
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