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VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Pan
短语讲解:
1. Today's word, pan, takes us back to the days of the gold rush in California.
take back 使回忆起;拿回,收回
例句:I take back what I said.
我收回我说过的话。
2. Throughout the territory – in the mountains, along the streams and rivers – thousands of people searched for gold.
search for 寻找
例句:People have made a long search for the cause(s) of malaria.
人们为了找出疟疾的起因进行了长时期的探索。
3. One told how thousands of people climbed the mountains looking for gold.
look for 期待; 寻找
例句:It's too soon yet to look for results.
现在便期望有结果为时尚早。
4. But in time, huge machines were built that could wash many tons of dirt at a time.
at a time 每次;一次
例句:Take three pills at a time.
每次服三粒。
5. In recent years, the word pan has taken on another meaning.
take on 穿上;呈现
例句:The insect can take on the color of its surroundings.
这种昆虫能随环境而变色。
6. There are times, however, when a play became highly successful, even though most of the critics panned it without mercy.
even though 即使;虽然
例句:He will come on time even though it rains.
即使下雨,他还是会准时来的。
7. But, as actors have pointed out, sometimes a critic's pan turns up gold.
point out 指出
例句:He pointed out the mistake to me.
他向我指出错误。
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