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• July 7, 2021 • 翻译·译事随笔

multifarious

音标:

/ˌmʌltɪ'feərɪəs/

英英释义:

If you describe things as multifarious, you mean that they are many in number and of many different kinds.

例句:

①Spain is a composite of multifarious traditions and people.

西班牙是多种传统和多个民族的合成体。

②The reasons for closure are multifarious .

关闭是多种原因造成的。

Matt Haig的新书 The Midnight Library 也出现了这个表达:

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这也是一个很好用的写作词汇,可以用来替代我们经常用的“various, different

同时,“multi”也是一个前缀,表示“多”

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of choice( for)

首选的;广受欢迎的

英文释义:

The item of choice is the one that most people prefer.

例句:

①The drug is set to become the treatment of choice for asthma worldwide.

这种药将会成为全世界治疗哮喘的首选。

②The drink of choice seems to be vodka.

最受欢迎的酒似乎是伏特加。

《经济学人》一篇关于非洲学生的文章 School's Out 也出现了这个表达:

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