【英语词组】恋恋不忘Day 3-4

in silence

If she didn’t keep the conversation going,we’d spend the whole evening in silence.
如果她不说话，我们整个晚上就会保持沉默。
silence=si（四）len（轮）ce（车）=安静的骑着四轮车=silence安静的
拓 silently 安静的

fend off

Healthy trees are also better able to fend off insects.
健康的树木也能够更好的抵御昆虫。
insect =在里面选择的=insect昆虫
拓 fend for oneself 照顾自己；自谋生计

be another matter

Whether the separation distance involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulation is another matter.
间距是否符合空中交通管制条例则是另外一个问题。
separation 分开
regulation 条例

prove to be

Happy Money may prove to be a worthwhile purchase.
《幸福金钱》可能会被证明是值得购买的。

the hard way

Everything he achieved in life was earned the hard way and his success in the literary field was no exception.
他一生所获得的成就，每一样都来之不易，他在文学领域获得的成功也不例外。
hardly 几乎不

a kind of

But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice.
但是他也发现了一种隐性的偏见。
insidious=in（在里面）side（一边）=在里边=insidious隐性
拓 kind of 稍微，有几分

in total

Roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs——about 6 million in total——disappeared.
大约三分之一的制造业岗位消失了，也就总数约600万个岗位。

compensate for

Health-savings plans will compensate for the reduced pensions.
医疗储蓄计划将弥补减少 的养老金。

need to

That tells me whether I need to confirm my training program.
那会告诉我是否需要调整自己的训练计划。
con（共同）firm（公司）=共同开公司需要再三确认=confirm确认

be biased against/towards

Professors are biased against classical liberal ideas.
教授们对古典自由主义思想有偏见。

pop into

I also remember that the musical play Hair opened on Broadway on the same day——they both just pop into my mind in the same way.
我也还记得音乐剧《发》也在那一天在百老汇首演——这两件事就那么以同样的方式突然浮现在我的脑海中。
拓 pop up 突然出现或浮现

for sale

The owner of the painting was putting it up for sale in good faith,but he or she is likely to lose it without compensation when it is returned to France.
此画的所有者基于善意将作品拿出来出售，但是当作品送还法国时，他或她很可能失去该画，并且得不到任何赔偿。
拓 on sale 出售，上市

work against

These antibodies work against such kind of virus.
这些抗体能够对抗这种病毒。
antibody 抗体
拓 work for 努力促成

wake up

I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling.
我是那样焦虑，以至于会在半夜惊醒，望着天花板发愣。

at first

At first I thought she had something against me,but after I observed her interacting with others,I realized she was like that with everyone else too.
起初她是针对我的，后来我观察发现她和别人相处的时候也是这样，我意识到她对每一个人都是这样。
拓 at last 最后，终于

at the same time

At the same time,the European Union,Spain Britain and several other countries have all seriously contemplated digital services taxes.
与此同时，欧盟、西班牙、英国和其他几个国家都在认真考虑征收数字服务税。
contemplate 思考
contempt 轻视
记忆：late晚一点轻视，多思考思考contemplate 思考
拓 meanwhile 其间，同时

cannot but/cannot help（but）

I cannot but feel excited whenever I visit the city.
无论何时来到这个城市，我都会情不自禁的感到激动。

be better off（doing）

It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work,spend more time with friends and less of it watching television.
看起来，如果人们能缩短通勤时间，用更多的时间陪伴家人和朋友，减少看电视时间，就能更快乐。
commute =com（共同的）mute（木讷）=通勤是共同的木讷=commute通勤

classify…into…

Department stores were advised to classify consumers into smaller groups.
百货商店被建议把消费者细分成更小的群体。
department store 百货商店

cast/shed/throw light on sth

A recent annual study of countries and their ability to convert growth into well-being sheds some light on that question.
最近一份关于各国及其将经济增长转化为福祉的能力的年度研究阐明了这一问题。
shed=she（女孩子）d（的）=shed流淌

above average

The best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.
最好的工作会要求员工有更多、更好的教育，以使自己远在平均水平之上。

be cautious about

Professors are cautious about intellectual investigation.
教授对智力调查持谨慎态度。
investigation 调查

give away

Americans,she finds,buy roughly 20 billion garments a year——about 64 items per person——and no matter how much they give away,this excess leads to waste.
她发现，美国人一年大约要购置200亿件服装——平均每人64件——无论他们会捐多少，这种过量还是会导致浪费。
garment 服装