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VOA慢速英语:Groups Offer Ideas to Cut US Deficits
例句:He repaid the money he had borrowed.
他把借的款还了。
2.default vi.违约; 拖欠债务
例句:He defaulted in his payments on the loan.
他没有按期偿还贷款。
3.competitiveness n.竞争能力
4.present vt.出现; 出席; 显示
例句:The question naturally presented itself in my mind.
我的脑海中自然而然地出现了这个问题。
介绍
例句:Miss Smith, may I present Mr. Brown?
史密斯小姐, 让我把布朗先生引荐给你好吗?
5.proposal n.提议; 建议
例句:They presented concrete proposals for improvement.
他们提出了具体的改进建议。
advice,opinion,proposal,suggestion,recommendation,view
这些名词均含“意见、建议”之意。
advice普通用词,侧重依据个人经验、学识和正确判断而提出的忠言。
opinion日常用词,泛指对某事物的想法和意见。
proposal指正式提出来供研究、采纳或实行的建议。
suggestion普通用词,语气比advice婉转客气,也不如proposal正式。着重为改进工作、解决困难等提出的建议,有时含所提建议不一定正确,仅供参考的意味。
recommendation指在自己经历的基础上而提出的有益建议、意见或忠告。
view侧重指对重大的或引起公众关注的问题所持的看法和态度。
6.workforce n.全体员工
例句:a highly skilled workforce
技能纯熟的员工队伍
He went over the heads of union officials, appealing directly to the workforce.
他越过工会领导,直接向全体员工发出呼吁。
7.simplify vt.使(某事物)简单[简明]; 简化;使简化;使简易
例句:Try to simplify your explanation for the children.
你给孩子们讲解要设法讲得简单明了。
That will simplify my task.
那可简化我的工作。
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