【例1】It’s a winning combination that no competitor has yet been able to challenge.這是一種必勝的組合,很少有競爭者可以匹敵。
【例2】Yet, this still fails for our e-mail problem.但是,這仍然不能解決我們的電子郵件問題。
【例3】a recent and yet more improbable theory最新的而且更加不可信的理論
【真題】Many things make people think artists are weird. But the weirdest may be this: artists’ only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.許多事情讓人們覺得藝術家很古怪。但最古怪的可能是:藝術家的唯一工作就是尋找情感,然而他們所關注的對象大多是那些不幸的人。
★ facility
n.靈巧,熟練;
(pl.)設備,設施,便利條件
【例1】He plays the piano with surprising facility.他鋼琴彈奏得相當嫻熟。
【例2】The school has excellent sports facilities.這所學校有非常好的體育設備。
【構詞】fac(做)+ility(性質,狀態)→不斷地做→熟練
【同義替換】proficiency, device, equipment
★ superior
a.優良的,卓越的;上級的
n.上級;長者;高手
【例1】The enemy forces were superior in numbers.敵軍在數量上占優勢。
【例2】She works well with those superior to her in the firm.她與公司的那些上級主管合作很愉快。
【例3】He has no superior as a Shakespearian actor.他是個演莎士比亞戲劇的絕頂高手。
【真題】He adds humbly that perhaps he was “superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully”.他謙卑地補充道,或許他“和普通人比起來,更能夠注意到那些別人不容易注意到的東西,并對其進行細致的觀察”。
★ productive
a.生產(性)的,能產的,多產的
【例1】They work hard, but their efforts are not very productive.他們很努力,但效率不太高。
【例2】I spent a very productive hour in the library.我在圖書館里的這一小時收獲很大。