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But they fear that widespread US tariffs, and Chinese retaliation, will raise prices significantly for Americans, hurt the economy and kill jobs.
2018年03月27日 04点03分
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Sherman looked at his sons and beamed proudly. 谢尔曼看着儿子们,自豪地笑着。
beam vi. 照射;堆满笑容
2018年04月08日 11点04分
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In 2017 more than 46% of Chinese with fortunes between 10m and 200m yuan ($1.3m-26.3m) were thinking of emigrating, according to a survey by Hurun, the research company in Shanghai.
来自 [英语读报]
2018年05月26日 09点05分
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The Financial Times reported that last year Fan earned $46.5 million (RMB300 million), with much of that total coming from sponsorship and celebrity endorsements.
//with独立主格结构
【英语读报】
2018年06月06日 08点06分
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Last year’s film Loving Vincent, told his story in the world’s first animated feature to be entirely hand-painted in oils, an extraordinary labour of love worthy of the man himself.
参考翻译:去年的电影《至爱梵高》是世界上第一部纯手绘油画动画作品形式讲述梵高故事的电影,是一部和他本人相称的爱的杰作。
// worthy of the man himself 直接翻译为,等同于这人他自己,它是介词短语做后置定语,翻译时候提到核心词前面。
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2018年06月14日 08点06分
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But they can attain more distant orbits.
但是它们(小人造卫星)能达到更远的轨道。
attain
to reach a particular level, age, size etc 达到〔某水平、年龄、尺寸等〕
•Share prices attained a high of $3.27. 股价涨到3.27美元的高位。
•After a year she had attained her ideal weight. 一年后,她达到了理想的体重。
2019年07月20日 02点07分
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level 6
Rather than dealing in cheap titillation, the author crafts engaging narratives.
作者不是在处理廉价的挑逗,而是精心制作引人入胜的故事。
titillation 英 /titə'leiʃən/ 美 /titə'leiʃən/ n. 搔痒;愉快
2019年07月25日 07点07分
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level 6
Rather than obsessing about what the internet is doing to language, it largely focuses on what can be learned about language from the internet.
obsess /əbˈsɛs/ TEM8 ( obsessing, obsessed, obsesses )
1. V-T/V-I If something obsesses you or if you obsess about something, you keep thinking about it and find it difficult to think about anything else. 困扰; 心神不宁
例:A string of scandals is obsessing America.
一系列丑闻在困扰着美国。
例:She stopped drinking but began obsessing about her weight.
她戒了酒,但开始不停地担心她的体重。
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2019年07月26日 01点07分
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Amazon would never have existed, he said, without pre-existing infrastructure: postal services to deliver packages; home computers to order goods; credit cards to make payments.
虚拟语气 sth would never have ... without ...
2019年08月02日 01点08分
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level 6
Consumer spending — which accounts for more than two-thirds of the economy — has been strong, but the trade war is taking a toll.
take a toll 产生负面影响;造成损失
2019年08月05日 07点08分
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Nutritionists and environmentalists regard locusts and mealworms as sustainable, protein-rich foodstuffs with a smaller environmental footprint than chicken, pork or beef.
Two billion people already eat them.
But many others are sceptical. They consider insects to be unsanitary because houseflies and mosquitoes spread disease.
昆虫能吃吗?
2019年09月06日 01点09分
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level 6
Britain continues to follow US policy in this and other areas where American policies have most conspicuously failed...
在美国政策分明行不通的各领域,英国却仍旧追随美国政策。
conspicuous 英 [kənˈspɪkjuəs] 美 [kənˈspɪkjuəs]
adj. 易见的;明显的;惹人注意的
ADJ-GRADED 显眼的;引人注目的
If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.
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2019年10月09日 01点10分
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level 6
Just blame it, on the resonant properties of your skull.
resonant /ˈrɛzənənt/ adj.
A sound that is resonant is deep and strong. 洪亮的
例:
His voice sounded oddly resonant in the empty room.
他的声音在空房间里听起来奇特地洪亮。
2019年10月27日 12点10分
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It began to rise again after 1945, peaked in 1950, and then fell gradually, including through the so-called Swinging Sixties, until it reached a nadir around 1980.
经典句子:描写数据起伏变化。
nadir 英 [ˈneɪdɪə(r)] 美 [ˈneɪdɪr]
an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
n. 最低点,最底点;[天] 天底
1945 to 1946 was the nadir of Truman's presidency.
1945至1946年是杜鲁门总统生涯的最低点。
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2019年10月29日 13点10分
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