37、order
1、命令。这是最基本用法,不赘述。
2、订购。
I haven’t received the furniture I ordered yet. 我还没有收到订购
How about the food I ordered? 我订的饭菜如何?
餐厅服务用语:Can I take / serve your order?
3、秩序。 out of order 比较乱,其反意为in order。
38、paint
1、油漆。
Did Henry paint the whole house himself? 整栋房都是亨利自己漆的吗?
He had it painted. 他找人刷了油漆。
2、绘画。
Can you tell me the title of this oil painting? 你能告诉我这贴画油画的名字吗?
39、paper
1、论文。学期结束,学生难免会要被要求完成几篇papers。
How much time did you have for writing the paper? 你写论文花了多少时间?
What’s the teacher’s comment on the student’s paper?老师怎么评价这个学生的论文?
Are you sure you have corrected all the typing errors in this paper?
你确信论文中所有打印错误都更改了吗?
2、试卷。期中考试有mid-term paper,期末有term paper。因此,如果提到The paper was not as easy as we hope. 就是考试卷子没有想象得那么容易之意了。
3、书面。与paper test 书面考试(笔试)相对的就是oral test(口试)。固定搭配on paper也即表示“以书面形式”。
4、平装。a paper back book / paperback edition平装书,与hard back book / hard cover精装书相对。听力中会出现的情形是,在促销(on sale)期间,平装书和精装书一样的价格,这个时候大家当然会更愿意选择精装书了。
Do you have the paperback edition of this dictionary? 这本字典有平装版吗?
5、新闻报纸。来源于newspaper。在日常用语中,直接用paper指代新闻报纸。
I’m calling about the three-bedroom house you advertised in yesterday’s paper.
The paper says people tend to feel unwell if they sleep less than six hours a day.
I’d like to place an advertisement for a used car in this Sunday edition of your paper.
6、一般的纸张。该词最基本的意思。
I am looking for quality paper to type my essay. 我在找高质量的纸来打印论文。
40、polish
修改,润色。对论文,对求职简历。
I spend so much time polishing my application letter. 我花了很多时间润色我的申请文书。
41、print
1、打印。
Print this article out. 把这份文件打印出来。
2、印刷。与publish 相近,the printing industry 就是印刷业,out of print绝版。
The book has been out of print for some time now.
3、用印刷体写。
I have printed my family name, first name, date of birth, and address.
我用印刷体写上了我的姓,名,生日和地址
42、quality
本意为名词“质量”,在听力中也常用作形容词,表示“高质量的”。如:quality life
I am looking for quality paper to type my essay. 我在找高质量的纸来打印论文。
43、quote / quotation
原意“引用”,在听力中出现的意思是报价。
买东西询问报价?
What’s your quotation? Can you quote for the new flat?
你的报价是多少?你能估计一下这套新公寓的价格吗?
44、realize
1、意识到。
I realize that I make a big mistake now. 我意识到自己犯了大错。
2、实现。最常用的说法就是实现梦想,realize the dream。
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