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词汇积累 | 写作推荐:be frowned on

• April 10, 2021 • 翻译·译事随笔

[scode type="green"]extrapolate

v.推断;推知[/scode]
音标:/ɪk'stræpəleɪt/

英文释义:

If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future.

例句:

Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking.

根据他在美国的调查结果推断,他估计这些人中约有80%可能死于吸烟。

②Researchers have therefor tended to extrapolate from these few results by using various computer models.

研究者们因此将这些少量数据采用各种电脑模型进行推演。

(注意这个词和“from”连用哦~)

《经济学人》一篇关于探索外空的文章也出现了这个表达:
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[scode type="green"]be frowned on/upon

反对;不赞成;不同意[/scode]
英英释义:

If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it.

例句:

①This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.

这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。

②Many teachers frown on such practices.

许多教师不赞同这样的做法。

(这个短语其实十分形象,“皱眉”用来表示“不同意”,可以用在主动和被动的语境中,大家在平常的作文中也可以用这个表达哦~)

《经济学人》一篇关于道外滑雪的文章 Lift's off 也出现了这个表达:
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