每日英语积累:剑桥大学年度美臀

2021-09-06 14:27:35来源:网络

  今天我们要学的每日一句的内容是:

  While their predecessors have amassed dozens of Nobel

  prizes and other intellectual accolades, the current

  crop of Cambridge undergraduates is focusing on a

  rather less taxing competition – rear of the year.

  当前辈校友们多次斩获诺贝尔奖,取得令人刮目的学术成就时,

  如今的剑桥大学学生却 更热衷于不太费力的竞争——评选“年

  度美臀”。

  1. predecessor:祖先,前任,原有事物

  Example: Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.我们新来的医生比他的前任年轻许多。

  2. amass:收集,积累

  Example: He is planed to amass a fortune for a rainy day.他正打算积蓄财富以备不时之需。

  3. dozens of:几十

  Example: He's got dozens of suits but not one of them is presentable.他有几十套衣服,却没有一套像样的。

  4. intellectual:凭理智做事者,知识分子

  Example: He likes to set himself up as an intellectual.他喜欢自命为知识分子。

  5. accolade:表扬,嘉奖

  Example: is new book received accolade from the papers.他的新书受到报纸的热烈赞扬。

  4. current:现在的,流通的

  Example: How long will she keep her current job?她现在这份工作能维持多久?

  5. crop:农作物,收成,庄稼,(一)批

  Example: The programme brought quite a crop of complaints from viewers.该节目招致观众诸多不满.

  6. taxing:费力的,棘手的

  Example: Raising a creative child can be taxing.培养一个有创造性的孩子可能会费心费力。

  7. rear:后部,尾部,后方

  Example: The rear of the bus is in smoke.公交汽车尾部在冒烟。


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