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VOA慢速英语:Returning Migrants Often Bring Their Health Problems Home With Them
词汇讲解:
1. migrant n. 移居者, 移民; 候鸟, 迁移动物
例句:Migrant workers move from country to country in search of work.
流动工人为寻找工作, 从一个国家迁移到另一个国家。
2. deadly adj. 致死的, 致命的
例句:The shock was deadly to him.
这次打击对他是致命的。
3. author n. 著作家, 作者
例句:Do you read many French authors?
你阅读过许多法国作家写的书吗?
4. rejoin vt. 重返,返回
例句:They hastened to Kobe to rejoin the ship.
他们赶到神户,返回船上。
5. occupational adj. 职业的,职业造成的,与职业有关的
例句:Drivers have to take occupational risks.
司机要冒一些职业风险。
6. psychological adj. 心理的; 心灵的;精神上的
例句:Are there important psychological differences between the two sexes?
两性之间有无重要的心理差别?
7. grant vt. 准许; 答应给予
例句:He refused to grant them long-term credits.
他拒绝给他们长期信贷。
8. challenge vt. 考验
例句:The job doesn't really challenge him.
这项工作不能真正地考验他。
9. comprise vt. 包含, 包括, 由…组成;组成, 构成
例句:Twelve departments comprise this university.
12个系组成了这所大学。
10. mobility n. 流动性;移动性; 流动
例句:The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.
不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
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