【英语词组】恋恋不忘Day7-2

at the start of

At the start of this century,about one-third of crop workers were over the age of 35.
在本世纪初，种植农作物的工人约有三分之一在35岁以上。

want to

This advice is more relevant now than ever before,even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children,despite the current housing crunch.
这条建议现在比以往任何时候都更有意义，尽管目前的住房紧张，但越来越多的父母愿意接受孩子的想法。
relevant=relate相关的=relevant 切题的
crunch =cr（曹蕊）un（不会）=crunch紧张
拓 long for 渴望，向往

（be）known as

The air flowing over a bird’s wings cruls upwards behind the wingtips,a phenomenon known as upwash.
气流划过鸟的翅膀时会在翼尖后向上弯曲，这种现象被称为上升流。
curl 弯曲

in some cases

But in some cases,one marketer’s owned media become another marketer’s paid media——for instance,when an e-commerce retailer sells ad space on its Web site.
但在某些情况下，某一营销者的“赢得媒体”成了另一个营销者的付费媒体——例如，电子商务零售商出售其网站上的广告位。

pile into

The best lawyers made skyscrapers-full of money,tempting ever more students to pile into law schools.
顶级律师的收入极其丰厚，这吸引了更多学生涌入法学院。
拓 stream into 涌入

stand out

Therefore,everyone needs to find their unique value contribution that make then stand out in whatever is their field of employment.
因此，每一个人都必须找到自身独特的价值——使其在任何职业领域都有突出的特有的价值贡献。
stand out=站出来=站出来的人是出色的=stand out 突出

at the beginning of

At the beginning of the century songbirds were supposed to be disappearing.
在本世纪初，人们认为鸣禽就要消失了。

send out

The processor monitors the properties of the nerve when they take in stimuli and send out signals to the brain.
当接收到刺激并向大脑发送信号时，传感器便可以检测神经的特性。
processor =cpu=processor处理器
monitor 监视器
property 财产、性能

reflect on

Senior executives’s quitting may be spurred by their need to reflect on their private life.
高级管理人员辞职可能是因为他们需要认真思考自己的个人生活。
spur =s（死）pu（扑）=死扑=spur鞭策；刺激

a lot of

Whenever decisions are based on masses of data,“you quickly get into a lot of ethical questions,”note Tan Kiat How.
当决策基于大量数据时，“你很快就会遇到很多伦理问题。”xx指出。
拓 numerous 众多的

boot up

All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes.
我要做的仅仅是走到我的唱片架，或打开电脑从xx下载更多的录制音乐作品。

in the manner of

The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears llittle similarity to one format being replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players.
因此，计算机施加给电视的挑战与一种格式被另外一种格式所取代（就像唱片被CD播放器取代一样）没有什么相似之处。
mount= mountain山=施加山一样的压力=mount施加