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May262022
salary(工资)这个单词来源于salt(盐)。
薪水这个词可以追溯到古罗马和盐的历史。盐被用作一种交易媒介,就像今天使用货币一样。为帝国服务的古罗马战士每天都会得到一把盐的报酬。
Salary一词源于中古英语单词“salarie”和拉丁语单词“salarium”,意思是“盐钱”。
盐不像今天那么容易买到,在古代它是一种有价值的商品,因此被用作货币。
The word salary can be traced to ancient Rome and t...阅读全文
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May242022
preliminary
adj.预备性的;初步的;开始的
n.初步行动(或活动);预备性措施
The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.
每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。
lemonade
n.柠檬水;柠檬味汽水;柠檬饮料;一杯(或一瓶)柠檬饮料
I’m going to get you a lemonade.
我去给你拿一杯柠檬汽水。
gastronomic
adj.烹饪的;美食的
Paris is the gastronomic capital of the world.
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May182022
UFO
不明飞行物;飞碟;外星人;不明飞行物体;幽浮
Unidentified Flying Object
不明飞行物
a strange object that some people claim to have seen in the sky and believe is a spacecraft from another planet (abbreviation for Unidentified Flying Object )
The UFO craze continued throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century.
不明飞行物在二十世纪后期持续了几十年。
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May162022
法国奢侈品品牌巴黎世家近日推出了旨在宣传环保活动的限量版运动鞋。该运动鞋本身有一些部分被划烂,有瑕疵且有脏污,限量出售100双,售价1850美元(约合1.2万元)。
Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has unveiled a new campaign promoting a series of roughed up sneakers with an eye-watering price tag.
According to the fashion house, only 100 pairs of “extra destr...阅读全文
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May102022
“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.” ― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way”.” ― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagul...阅读全文
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May072022
bamboo shoots
竹笋
noun
edible young shoots of bamboo,young bamboo plants that can be eaten
Bamboo is a tall tropical plant with hard, hollow stems. The young shoots of the plant can be eaten and the stems are used to make furniture.
a bamboo grove
竹林
a bamboo chair
竹椅
Bamboo is not a tree, but a kind of grass.
It is well known that bamboo shoots are a pan...阅读全文
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