Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables.
布鲁塞尔的官员说，在美国屠宰的鸡不适于用来装点欧洲的餐桌。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 8 Trading standards
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 声称;断言;需要;索取;
vi. 提出要求;
n. （根据权利而提出的）要求;声称;断言;索赔;
💡 claim→要求；主张；要求；权利；主张
"It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it."
要说我从未看到过，那就是言不由衷了。
近义：adduce, allege, require, summon, request, demand
反义：impart, award, present, accord, bestow, administer
n. 恩泽;优雅;慈悲;魅力;
v. 使优美;惠赐;
💡 grace=grat 感激→ 感激别人态度一定好 → 文雅
"How long has Grace been involved with that red - haired boy?"
格雷斯与那个红头发的小伙子来往多久了?
近义：benedicite, honor, adorn, dignify, appeal, invitingness
反义：impoliteness, inelegance, abrasiveness, abruptness, asperity, rawness
united
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a. 联合的, 团结的, 一致的, 和睦的\\n[法] 联合的, 统一的, 一致的
近义：joined, joint, associated, near, nearby, neighboring
反义：isolated, remote, retired, segmented, separated, severed
adj. 欧洲的，欧洲人的;欧盟的;
n. 欧洲人;
"We are lagging far behind our European competitors in using new technology."
我们在使用新技术方面远远落后于我们的欧洲对手.
近义：euro