【例1】Jack was slapped in the face, and a stream of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.杰克由于挨了一記耳光,嘴角流下了一道血痕。
【例2】The rain streams down the windows.雨水順著窗戶流了下來。
【構詞】s+tream(看作dream)→夢想的河流→小河,溪流
【同義替換】brook, creek, rivulet; outflow
★ combine
v.聯合;結合
n.集團;聯合企業
【例】Circumstances have combined to ruin our plans for a holiday.各種情況湊在一起破壞了我們的假日計劃。
【同義替換】bond, associate, couple, connect
【派生】combined a.結合的 combination n.結合,組合
【真題】The emphasis on data gathered first-hand, combined with a cross-cultural perspective brought to the analysis of cultures past and present, makes this study a unique and distinctly important social science.重視收集第一手資料與在對過去和當今文化的分析中引入跨文化視角的結合使得人類學研究成為一門獨特的、非常重要的社會科學。
★ corridor
n.走廊,通路
【例】There is no lighting in the corridor at night.晚上,這條走廊上沒有燈。
【同義替換】passage, aisle
★ traffic
n.交通,交通量;流量(數據)
【例】There is an increase in freight traffic.貨運量有所增加。
【同義替換】transportation, carriage
【真題】 “On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic,” says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for Career Site. CareerSite網站的營銷部副總裁Seth Peets說,“我們發出信息的第二天,就看到訪問量的急劇增長。”