EP-中级口译影响阅读的30个关键词.docVIP

中级口译影响阅读的30个关键词 ??? 1. project (04-03-2) reach　　…budget deficits were projected at hundreds of dollars forever and beyond…　　Notes: no need for translation of “project”; 　　2. conjecture (04-03-3) expect　　…much larger than had at first been conjectured 　　3. catch on with (04-03-4) popular with　　…the idea of living in comfortable residential chambers caught on with the affluent upper and upper middle classes… 　　4. sting (04-03-5) scared　　…stung by the three straight years of stock market declines, many people have been shifting to lower-risk investments… 　　5. downshift (04-03-6) going bad　　…my metabolism-never very racy to begin with-down shifted a gear or two once I hit 40… 　　6. overwhelm (04-09-1) surprise　　…even expecting this, foreigners who visit the United States for the first time are overwhelmed by the vast distances…　　7. scent (04-09-3) make somewhere smell good　　… it can scent the area of an average high street shop with the smell of the chocolate, freshly-cut grass…　　8. gimmick (04-09-6) tool or small tactics　　…stress has become an all-purpose gimmick to get our attention…　　9. irony (05-03-2) sarcasm　　But the irony is that…　　Eg. …democracy is so much a part of our national identity that it almost seems a birthright. But the irony is that, even as we hope to spread democracy elsewhere, we risk preaching the virtues of a form of government we no longer practice ourselves. 　　10. spur (05-03-3) encouraged/inspired　　…spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and retard the aging process…　　11. devolve (05-03-6) shift　　…Barcelona will continue to press for more power to be devolved to it from Madrid… 　　12. quote (00-09-2)　　…to quote one medical opinion, “thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep;… quotation mark 　　13. take off (00-09-5)　　…in Britain, Computertowns have taken off in a big way, and there are now about 40 scattered over the country. … 　　14. av