双语阅读英语外刊精讲：凯特王妃的第三胎(附音频)

2018-10-29 09:02:00来源：酷学英语

　　expect: V-T/V-I If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant. 怀上；怀孕

　　spur: [T] to encourage someone or make them want to do something激励，鼓励

　　frenzy: [C] a time when people do a lot of things very quickly疯狂，狂热（指一段时间）

　　news outlets: 新闻媒体

　　outlet: a shop, company, or organization through which products are sold 商店，商行；销售公司

　　issue: to officially make a statement, give an order, warning etc发表〔声明〕；颁布，发出〔命令、警告等〕

　　chronicle: to describe events in the order in which they happened将〔一系列事件〕载入编年史中，按时序记载

　　-chron-: chron=time，表示“时间”

　　chronic长期的；chronicle编年史；chronology 年代学；年表；anachronism 年代错误；synchronize同时发生

　　maternity: ADJ Maternity is used to describe things relating to the help and medical care given to a woman when she is pregnant and when she gives birth. 孕妇的；产妇的

　　maternity leave产假；maternal母亲的，母性的；matriarchy 母系制；matrimony 结婚，婚姻；matron主妇；保姆；matrix母体；子宫

　　Earlier this year, the British government passed a cap on child tax credits. Families would only be able to claim the incentive, which can be worth up to ￡2,780 per year for each child, for their first two kids.

　　cap: an upper limit that is put on the amount of money that someone can earn, spend, or borrow〔收入、支出或借贷金额的〕最高限额

　　tax credit: N-COUNT A tax credit is an amount of money on which you do not have to pay tax. 免税额度

　　N-COUNT A credit is an amount of money that is given to someone. 补助

　　claim: V-T If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it. 索取

　　incentive: N-VAR If something is an incentive to do something, it encourages you to do it. 鼓励

　　Needless to say, the less-than-ideal optics of the royals announcing a third child so soon after this legislation passed speak for themselves. “When news broke this morning that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were set to birth a third child, another royal spawn, the story left a bitter taste in this pleb's mouth,” wrote Michael Segalov for Huck Magazine, a British publication.

　　break: V-I When a piece of news breaks, people hear about it from the newspapers, television, or radio. （消息）传开

　　Duke and Duchess: 公爵与公爵夫人

　　spawn: N-UNCOUNT Spawn is a soft, jelly-like substance containing the eggs of fish, or of animals such as frogs. （鱼、蛙等的）卵

　　pleb: plebeian的缩写，ADJ A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian, comes from a low social class. 平民；庶民

　　“Because while families up and down the United Kingdom are now struggling to feed and clothe their children, or are being forced to consider carefully whether they can even afford to bring new life into this world, one family living on the most generous benefits scheme this country has ever offered faces no such dilemma.

　　benefits scheme: 福利计划

　　dilemma: N-COUNT A dilemma is a difficult situation in which you have to choose between two or more alternatives. 进退两难的局面

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