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发信人: ningning (寻梦), 信区: English
标 题: 『新闻词汇讲解(11)』
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年11月20日17:36:23 星期二), 站内信件
Offer condolence to somebody
俄罗斯一架图-154民航客机在伊尔库茨克附近坠毁,143名机上人员全部遇难,其中有2
0名中国人。 俄罗斯外长伊凡诺夫向这12名中国乘客表示了沉痛的哀悼。请看这句新闻
: "Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov on Wednesday offered deep condolence
to 12 Chinese citizens, who died in Tuesday's crash of a Russian Tu-154 pla
ne near the Siberian city of Irkutsk.on behalf of Russian President Vladimir
Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov" "Offer condolence to somebody"意
思是"向某人(已去世)表示哀悼", "on behalf of somebody"意思是"代表某人做……
", 例如: "On behalf of everyone here, I 'd like to thank our special guest
for his entertaining speech."(我代表在座诸位,感谢我们的特邀嘉宾令人愉快的讲
话。)
Oil-for-food program
联合国秘书长发言人埃克哈德宣布,7月9日伊拉克同联合国正式签署了备忘录,将"石油
换食品"计划延长到11月30日。 外电有这样报道: "Iraq and the United Nations agr
eed on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) extending the oil-
for-food program that allows Iraq to export oil, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard
said." "Memorandum of understanding" 意思是"谅解备忘录", 英文简称MOU, 其实我
们在平时的办公中用到的便笺、备忘录、也可以称为 "memorandum" 简称"memo"。"石油
换食品计划"英文则叫做 "oil-for-food program"。
Overshadow
Overshadow这个词很显然是over和shadow的复合词。Shadow这个词我们知道是"阴影"的
意思,那么overshadow最基本的意思就是"使(某物)被遮暗;使阴暗",例如"a villa
ge overshadowed by mountains"。在此基础上,overshadow还有两个比喻意。一个是"
(某事物)令人不快或减少乐趣",例如这个新闻标题"Middle East Tensions Oversha
dow Conference"(中东的紧张局势给大会蒙上了阴影)。另一个比喻意则是"使(某人
)相形见绌或黯然失色,例如:Despite her professional success, she was always
overshadowed by her husband.
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