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VOA慢速英语:Apple’s Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave; Next Google Chief Knows Company
play a part起作用
例句:Recent structural changes also play a part.
最近的结构性变化也扮演了重要角色。
2.Apple has been a driver in some things and they have been a faithful adopter of good ideas in others.
the other, others, the others, another 等。它们的用法现归纳如下:
1)other可作形容词或代词,做形容词时,意思是“别的,其他”,泛指“其他的(人或物)”。如:
Do you have any other question(s)?
你还有其他问题吗?
2)the other指两个人或物中的一个时,只能用the other,不能用another,此时的other作代词。如:
He has two daughters. One is a nurse, the other is a worker.
他有两个女儿,一个是护士,另一个是工人。
3)others是other的复数形式,泛指“另外几个”,“其余的”。在句中可作主语、宾语。如:
Some of us like singing and dancing, others go in for sports.
我们一些人喜欢唱歌和跳舞,其余的从事体育活动。
4)the others意思是“其他东西,其余的人”。特指某一范围内的“其他的(人或物)”。是the other的复数形式。如:
Two boys will go to the zoo, and the others will stay at home.
两个男孩将去动物园,其余的留在家里。
the others=the other +复数名词,这在第2条中已经有所介绍。
5)another=an+ other,既可作形容词,也可作代词,只能用于三个或更多的人或物,泛指同类事物中的三者或三者以上的“另一个”,只能代替或修饰单数可数名词。如:
I don’t like this one. Please show me another.
我不喜欢这一个,请给我看看另一个。
3.But it was not necessarily at Apple.
not necessarily未必,不一定
例句:It is not necessarily so.
不一定非得这样。
4.But he put Tim Cook, his chief operating officer, in control of daily operations.
in control of控制,管理,掌握
5.As Steve Jobs steps back at Apple, Eric Schmidt is stepping down at Google.
step back后退; 退居不重要的部位
例句:He stepped back to admire the painting.
他后退几步欣赏这幅画。
He doesn't want to step back from the center of things.
他不想退居无足轻重的地位。