双语阅读英语外刊精讲:特朗普在亚洲(附音频)

2018-10-29 09:06:00来源:酷学英语

  Trade disassociation: Trump in Asia

  disassociation/'disə,səusi'eiʃən; -ʃi'ei/ = dissociation

  V-T If you disassociate one group or thing from another, you separate them. (使)分离

  dis-:分开,分离:dispart(使)分离;dispense分配;distract分心;discriminate歧视;dismiss解散;开除;disburse支付;discard丢弃

  America's president starts his first Asian tour as nuclear tensions mount on the Korean peninsula.

  peninsula [pɪ'nɪnsjʊlə]:N-COUNT A peninsula is a long narrow piece of land that sticks out from a larger piece of land and is almost completely surrounded by water. 半岛

  来自拉丁语,由 pen + insula 构成。其中,前缀 pen ( pene )表示 almost (几乎),如 peneplain (准平原)、 penultimate (倒数第二); insula 表示“隔离”,如 insulate (隔离、绝缘)。所以 peninsula 的字面意思就是“几乎与大陆隔离”,中文译为“半岛”。

  mounting:gradually increasing - often used about things that cause problems or trouble越来越多的〔常指造成问题或麻烦的事物〕

  mounting debts / criticism / tensions / peer pressure

  Yet Donald Trump's handlers have a more pressing worry: how will their mercurial boss cope for so long away from a familiar bed?

  handler:someone who helps and advises an important person顾问,幕僚

  mercurial:having feelings that change suddenly and without warning〔情绪〕变化无常的,多变的

  墨丘利(Mercury)——赫耳墨斯(Hermes)

  Mercury水星,水银

  mercurial adj. 水银的,活泼善变的,雄辩机智的

  merchant商人;merchandise商品、货物;commerce商业;commercial商业的;market市场

  mercenary雇佣兵,唯利是图者。

  The 12-day trip takes in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines.

  The region values etiquette, and opportunities for blunders abound.

  etiquette:the formal rules for polite behaviour in society or in a particular group礼仪,礼节

  blunder:a careless or stupid mistake愚蠢的错误,疏忽

  abound:to exist in very large numbers大量存在

  band带 - bind绑 - bond纽带 - combine联合 - bound束缚 - boundary边界 - abound - abundant

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