When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.
倾倒、焚烧、把垃圾变成再生材料或试图少产生一些垃圾。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 47 Too high a price
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 试图;尝试;
n. 进攻;尝试,冲击;
💡 at一再+tempt尝试→一再尝试 → 尝试,企图
"The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime."
普遍认为,这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。
近义:try, essay, intent, assay, shy, stab
vt.& vi. 生产;产生;制作;创作;
vt. 制造;出示;引起;[经济学]生利;
n. 产品;产量;产额;结果;
💡 pro向前+duce引导,带来→引向前→生产
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品.
近义:induce, make, net, pay, procure, render
反义:use, spend, deplete, dissipate, drain, exhaust
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁);
int. 嗨!;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待;
vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆;
adj. 深思的;供思考的;
n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想(think)该如何感谢(thank)他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去,他们就会认为你不合群。
近义:imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
vt. [牌戏]分;分配;经营;施予;
n. (一笔)交易;许多;待遇;发牌;
vi. 论述;(有效地或成功地)处理;惩处;交易;
adj. 冷杉木制的,松木制的;
"Don't worry; the deal was completely above board."
别担心,交易是完全合法的。
近义:give, behave, act, demean, deport, negotiation
反义:object, rebut, vary, differ, disaccord, disagree