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词汇积累 | College students are apolitical?

• April 22, 2021 • 翻译·译事随笔

[scode type="share"]apolitical[/scode]
音标:/eɪpə'lɪtɪk(ə)l/

英英释义:

①Someone who is apolitical is not interested in politics.【adj.(指人)不关心政治的,对政治不感兴趣的】

②If you describe an organization or an activity as apolitical, you mean that it is not linked to a particular political party.【adj.(组织或活动)与政党无关的,不支持任何政党的】

例句:

①As a musician, you cannot be apolitical.

作为一个音乐人,你不能不关心政治。

②Others maintain the violence is apolitical and the perpetrators are just gangs bent on defying authority.

其他人坚称该暴力事件与任何政党无关,行凶者只是意欲反抗权威的一伙人。

《经济学人》一篇关于中国青年的文章Generation Xi也出现了这个表达:
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不知道大家有没有留意到,这里的“a”其实是一个否定前缀。

比如:

acentric 表示“无中心的”

asocial 表示“不爱社交的”

[scode type="share"]as of[/scode]
英英释义:

①used for saying that something will start to happen on a particular day, and will continue after that day.【从.....开始】

②Until the time when...【截止...时候】

例句:

As of 6th April 1999, all gifts to charities will be free of tax.

②What do you know as of this morning?

截至今天早上,你了解到了什么情况?

这个短语也是英文报刊中的高频表达。

比如:

China Daily一篇关于6G的文章China eyes 6G as next tech frontier也出现了这个表达:
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又比如,China Daily一篇关于Esports的文章Gamers give a much-needed boost to hoteliers nationwide也出现了这个表达:
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