正文
VOA慢速英语:Are You "In the Red" This Christmas?
词汇讲解:
1. expression n. 表达;表示
例句:I sent them flowers as an expression of thanks.
我给他们送去鲜花表示感谢。
2. financial adj. 财政的;金融的
例句:The store was a financial failure and soon closed.
该店赔本,很快就关闭了。
3. profit n. 收益,红利
例句:He made a profit of fifty thousand US dollars on his house.
他卖掉房子获利五万美元。
4. crisis n. 紧急关头;转折点
例句:The economic crisis lasted for several years.
经济危机持续了好几年。
5. exchange vt. 交换;调换
例句:I'd like to exchange some pounds for dollars.
我想把一些英镑兑换成美金。
6. provide vt. 提供
例句:On Sundays his landlady provided dinner as well asbreakfast.
星期天,他的女房东不但供给早餐,还供给晚餐。
7. profit n. 利润,盈利
例句:He made a profit of fifty thousand US dollars on his house.
他卖掉房子获利五万美元。
8. loss n. 丧失;遗失
例句:He suffered a temporary loss of memory.
他暂时丧失了记忆。
相关文章
- Schools that Removed Police Officers Bring Them Back
- Let's Get to the 'Root of the Problem'
- Learning New Words: Parts of Speech and Suffixes, Part 2
- 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' by Edgar Allan Poe, Part One
- What Are Dangling Participles?
- Learning New Words: Parts of Speech, Suffixes
- What Does It Mean to 'Hit the Nail on the Head'?
- Scientists Record Largest ‘Marsquakes’ on the Red Planet
- With and Within
- Singers, Politicians, Doctors among 2022 College Graduation Speakers