They hope to finish in time for a trade summit between America and the EU on May 28TH.
他们希望尽早达成协议，为5月28日举行的美国和欧洲贸易的最高通级会议作准备。
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

finish ['fɪnɪʃ] 词频1 词根: fin
vt.& vi. 完成;结束;吃光;使筋疲力尽; n. 结尾;结束;最后阶段;抛光;
💡 fin结束，范围+ish单词后缀 →完成，结束
"He made a concentrated effort to finish the work on time."
他全力以赴以按时完成这项工作。
近义：artisanship, polish, refinement, style, finesse, gentility 反义：initiate, start, commence, open, enrich, inauguration
summit ['sʌmɪt] 词频3 词根: summ
n. 顶点;高层会议;最高阶层; adj. 最高级的;政府首脑的;
💡 summ总数+it表名词 →山的顶峰像数量总和一样→最高数量→最高峰
"Officials are laying the groundwork for a summit conference of world leaders."
官员们正在为世界首脑峰会做准备工作。
近义：height, apex, highness, hilltop, apogee, peak 反义：pit, abyss, gulf
hope [hop] 词频1
n. 希望，期望;希望的东西;被寄予希望的人或事物、情况;抱有希望的理由; vt.& vi. 希望，期望; vt. [俚语]相信，认为; vi. 希望，盼望，期待;
💡 侯补”对员有 希望成为正式队员
"He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation."
他是年轻一代的希望之灯。
近义：illusion, aspiration, reliance, trust, trustfulness, fantasy 反义：hopelessness, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, despondency
time [taɪm] 词频1
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次; vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准（机械的）速度;拨准（钟、表）的快慢; vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子; adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期（付款）的; int. [体育]时间到，（一场或一局等的）比赛时限，暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
trade [tred] 词频2
n. 贸易;行业;<美>顾客;买卖; vt.& vi. 交易，经商; vt. 交换;经营…交易，做…的买卖; vi. 贸易;买卖;以物易物;
💡 第十个(t)等级(grade)是 贸易
"A free trade agreement would be advantageous to both countries."
自由贸易协定对两国都会有利。
近义：interchange, permute, barter, shift, swap, switch

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet.
还有一次，她穿着长筒袜子和拖鞋，能用脚步识别出藏在地毯下面的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。
The computer will still be unable to predict whether Princeton,New Jersey, will have sun or rain on a day one month away.
计算机无法推断出1个月以后的某一天，新泽西州的普林斯顿究竟是晴天还是雨天。
Both poisons are unpleasant, but by far the more unpleasant is the blood poison.
这两种毒液都很可怕，但溶血性毒液尤其厉害。
In his own lifetime Galileo was the centre of violent controversy;
伽利略在世时是激烈论战的中心。
But can we blame those who looked and failed to see what Galileo saw, if we remember that to use a telescope at the limit of its powers calls for long experience and intimate familiarity with one's instrument?
但是，如果我们想到，便用一架倍数有限的望远镜需要长期的经验和对自己仪器的熟悉程度，那么我们怎么能去责备观察了天空但没有看到伽利略所看到的东西的那些人呢？
Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood:
作家如此行事当然会被人误解。