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高考英语新闻词汇表达
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1.Urban Hawker in Manhattan hews to the same basic design principles, with vendors along the walls and communal tables in the centre.
hew to: 坚持;遵守
例:He is a politician who has always hewed closely to the party line.
hew: (v.) 砍;劈;砍倒;砍成(某物或某种形状);遵从,坚持
相似表达:follow; obey; adhere to; stand by; stick to/with; cling to; abide by
延伸:
hew to the line: 服从纪律
hew off: 砍掉
hew out: 把……开采出来;开辟出
hew out a career: 艰苦地开创事业
hew to a principle: 坚守原则
2.Bombs, terrorism and civil war used to keep Iraqis indoors.Now it is the gridlocked traffic.Commuters waste hours a day stuck in exhaust fumes.
gridlocked:交通堵塞的;陷入僵局的
原形:gridlock
n.交通全面堵塞;(政治)僵局
v.交通堵塞
例:All this is a recipe for chaos and gridlock in national asylum systems.
相似表达:congestion; snarl-up; traffic jam; tailback; holdup; bottleneck; stoppage; logjam; impasse; stalemate; standstill; deadlock
延伸:
be in gridlock:陷入僵局
come to a deadlock/reach an impasse/be locked in a stalemate:陷入僵局
be in dire straits:处于水深火热之中
land in trouble:陷入困境
be clogged with traffic:交通堵塞
3.But despite current annual oil revenues of over $100bn, Baghdad’s road network is all but unchanged since the 1980s.Wars, economic sanctions, corruption and neglect have gutted the transport system.
gut: 摧毁,破坏 (v.to destroy the inside of; to destroy the essential power or effectiveness of)
其余释义:
n.肠道;<非正式>勇气,魄力;直觉,本能;核心;<非正式>(机器或设备的)内部零件;狭道
v.取出……的内脏(以便烹饪);毁坏(建筑物)的内部
adj.感情的,本能的
例:A sudden fire gutted the building last Friday.
延伸:
blind gut:盲肠
gut-wrenching:极度痛苦的,撕心裂肺的
gut check:肠道检查;勇气测试
beer gut:啤酒肚
bust a/one’s gut doing sth / to do sth:努力做,拼命地做某事
gut course:容易的课程或工作
gut it out:顽强不屈;强硬到底
gut feeling:直觉
4.Microsoft, which has integrated a souped-up version of the chatbot into its Bing search engine, has restricted access to the new version and set limits on how many questions users can ask it in a row.
souped-up: 加强了马力的;优化的;改造的 (enhanced or increased in appeal, power, performance, or intensity)
soup:
n.汤,羹;马力
vt.加速;增加马力
例:Product designers have been try