【英语词组】恋恋不忘Day 2-4

in exchange（for）

In the world of capuchins, grapes are luxury goods(and much preferable to cucumbers).So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token,the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber.
在卷尾猴的世界里，葡萄是奢侈品（也比黄瓜更受欢迎）。因此，当一只猴子用代币换回了一颗葡萄时，另一只猴子不愿意用代币只换回一片黄瓜。

grape=gr（官人）a（爱）pe（葡萄）=grape葡萄
拓 exchange A for B 用A换B

be interested in

Millennials may not be that interested in taking their place.Other industries are recruiting them with similar or better pay.
千禧一代可能对于接替他们的职位并没有多大兴趣。其他行业也正在以类似的或者更高的薪酬去招聘他们。
take place of 替代

拓 be intrigued by =in（在里面）tri（拽）gue（哥哥）=be intrigued by被…迷住

set limits on

“if we are really bold,we might even begin to think of high-calorie fast food in the same way as cigarettes——by setting strict limits on advertising,product placement and sponsorship of sports events,”he said.
他说“如果我们真的大胆一点，我们甚至可以像对待香烟一样，通过严格限制植入广告、植入式广告和体育赛事的赞助来思考高热量快餐的问题。”
bold 大胆
sponsor 赞助商

lean towards

“It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and leans toward R&D more than the average,”said one research.
一位研究人员说，“快乐的人比普通人更有前瞻性、更有创造力，更倾向于研发，这的确似乎是合理的。”
lean=少了r（read）的learn=lean倾斜
plausible 看上去有道理的
拓 lean against 靠着；斜靠

as a result

The findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radically higher productivity and,as a result,radically higher standards of living.
一个研究机构的调查结果一贯表明，所有国家的工人都可以接受在岗培训，从根本上提高生产率，并因此彻底提高生活水平。

radically 彻底的
A be/as a result of B A是B的结果
拓 consequence 因此
accordingly 因此
as a consequen ce 因此

vary from…to…

During the late 1990s,national spending on social sciences and the humanities as a percentage of all research and development funds——including goverment,higher education,non-profit and corporate——varied from around 4%to 25%.
在20世纪90年代末，国家在社会科学和人文科学上的所有支出占所有研究和发展基金的比例——包括政府、高等教育、非盈利组织和企业——从4%到25%不等。
corporation 企业
vary =very 的vary，许多变化=vary变化

shrug off

paper have shrugged off the recession.
德国和巴西的报业已经摆脱了不景气。

shrug=shoulder肩膀=shrug耸肩=shrug off 摆脱

not long ago

Not long ago,with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak,the U.S workforce was derided as poorly education and one of the primary causes of the poor U.S economic performance.
不久前，随着美国进入经济衰退期以及日本处在泡沫前的顶峰，美国的劳动力被嘲笑受教育程度低，并且是美国经济表现不佳的主要原因之一。
deride=骑在他身上嘲笑他=deride嘲笑
拓 before long 不久以后，很快

remove from

We are farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War,at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publication in which it appeared.
从20世纪初到第二次世界大战前夕，英国报纸上发表的那些缺乏重点的评论与我们的关系甚至更为疏远。当时，新闻报纸非常便宜，出现在出版物上的时髦的艺术评论被认为是其点缀。

ornament 装饰
remove（移动）+from=从xx上移动开=remove from疏远
拓 alienate from =alien外星人=alienate from与…疏远
isolate from与…隔离

rest on

Good governmance rests on understanding of the inherent worth of each individual.
良好的治理建立在对每一个人固有价值的理解上的。
rest on=lie in=depend on=turn on=rely on=count on依赖

keep away from

Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed;Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes.
蚂蚁让食肉昆虫远离蚜虫觅食的地方；谷歌邮箱让垃圾邮件发送者远离我们的收件箱。
predatory=pre（提前）da（打）=捕猎需要提前打=predatory捕食者
insect=insert插入=insect昆虫
spam=死怕妈=发垃圾邮件的人都死怕妈=spam垃圾邮件

with confidence

Mr.Schmidt described it as a “voluntary ecosystem"in which"individuals and organizations can complete online transactions with confidence trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure on which the transaction runs.”
史密斯先生将其描述为一个“自愿的生态系统”，在这个系统中，“个人和组织可以放心的完成在线交易，信任彼此的身份以及交易所运行的基础设施身份。”

拓 boost/increase sb’s confidence增加某人的信息
shake/damage sb.'s confidence 动摇/损害某人自信心

appear to

Not surprisingly,newly published discovery claims and credible discoveries that appear to
be important and convincing will always be open to challenge and potential modification or refutation by future researchers.
不足为奇的是，看起来重要又令人信服的、新发表的发现申明和可信的发现将永远乐于接受质疑和潜在的修改，或来自研究人员的反驳。
refutation 反驳
拓 seem as 似乎

provide sth.for sb.

Looking back,he is struck that his parents could provide a comfortable life for their children even though neither had completed college when he was young.
回首过去，他深受感动：在他小时候，他的父母尽管都没有上过大学，却能为自己的孩子提供舒适的生活。
struck =strike过去式=struck撞击；打击
拓 supply sb with sth为某人提供某物
furnish sb/sth with sth 为某人/某物提供某事物

be expected to

If software promises to save lives on the scale that drugs now can,big data may be expected to behave as a big pharma has done.
如果软件能够像现在的药物能做的那样拯救生命，那么大数据就有望像大型制药公司那样发挥作用。
pharma制药公司

pledge to

It also pledge not to deploy AI whose use would violate international laws or human rights.
它还承诺不会部属用途会违反国际法或侵犯人权的人工智能。
deploy 部属=de（向下）ploy（plot画）=deploy签署；部属
拓 promise to承诺

substitute for

And vice versa:High sympathy can substitute for low guilt.
反之亦然，高同情可以替代低愧疚。

vice 恶习
vice versa 反之亦然
拓 replace…with 用…代替

wait for

But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away,waiting for confidence to return.
但是那些不用必须出售的人还是会远离，他们在等待信心的回归。
拓 except for 期盼

draw attention to

There benefactors have succeeded in their chosen fields,they say,and they want to use their wealth to draw attention to those who have succeeded in science.
这些捐赠者在他们选择的领域取得了成功，他们想利用自己的财富来吸引人们对那些在科学上取得成功的人的关注。

拓 catch sb’s attention 吸引某人注意

none of

None of these will be easy but you can start even if others refuse to.
这些方式没有一个是容易的，但是即使其他人拒绝，你也可以尝试开始。

decide to

The crash was a major reason the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service decide to formally list the bird as threatened。
这一数量骤减是美国鱼类和野生动植物管理局决定正式将这种鸟列为受威胁物种的主要原因。
crash=cr（曹蕊）ash（灰烬） =crash坠毁；暴跌
formally=为了妈妈（不要唠叨），穿正式一点=formally正式的
拓 determine to决定
make up one’s mind决定

in the long term

In the long term,the deal will have positive results for both sides.
从长远来看，这次交对双方都产生了积极影响。
拓 in the long run从长远来看

break up

It is like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back raw by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.
这就像老师把后排的捣乱份子与表现较好的同学组成一对，用这种方式把这些捣乱分子分开一样。
拓 break up with 与…分手
break away from 脱离