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VOA慢速英语:Group Offers Shortwave Radios to Poor Communities
例句:I haven't seen them for ten years. They remain as they were.
我十年没见他们了,他们还是从前那样。
2.crank n.曲柄,曲轴
3.donation n.捐赠, 赠送
例句:They made a generous donation to charity.
他们对慈善事业慷慨捐助。
捐款, 捐赠物
例句:The hospital receives a good deal of money in donations.
这家医院收到捐赠来的大笔款项。
4.accurate adj.精确的, 准确的
例句:He has made an accurate measurement of my garden.
他准确地丈量了我的花园。
accurate,exact,precise,right,true,correct
这些形容词均含“准确的,正确的”之意。
accurate指通过谨慎的努力达到符合事实或实际,侧重不同程度的准确性,与事实无出入。
exact着重在质与量方面的准确,语气比accurate强。
precise侧重极端准确,更强调细节的精确无误。
right使用广泛,可与这些词中的correct换用,但常暗示道德、理解、行动等方面的正确。
true暗指绝对准确,尤指复制品与原件丝毫不差。
correct最常用词,主要指按一定标准或规则来衡量,没有谬误和差错或无缺点错误。
5.enhance vt.提高, 增加, 加强
例句:The growth of a city often enhances the value of land close to it.
城市的发展常常会提高其附近的地价。
enhance,heighten,intensify,aggravate
这些动词均有“加强,增强”之意。
enhance侧重指增加价值,魅力或声望等使人或物具有超科寻常的吸引力。
heighten通常指使某物的某种性质变得不同于一般的显著或突出。
intensify指深化或强化某事或某物,尤指其特别之处。
aggravate指加剧令人不快或困难的形势。
6.lifeline n.救生索;生命线
例句:He clung to the lifeline and the woman pulled him towards the bank.
他紧紧抓住救生索,那个女人把他拉向岸边。
7.mostly ad.大概,大部分,主要
例句:She uses her car mostly for driving to work.
她的汽车主要用于上下班。
8.individual a.个人的,个体的,单独的;独特的
例句:Each individual house has its own yard.
每栋房子都有各自的庭院。
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