engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar without being penalized by expensive failures.
因此,工程技术人员可能很块就可充分发挥他们的想像力,而不会因失败而造成经济上的损失。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 10 Silicon valley
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 昂贵的,花钱多的;豪华的;
💡 ex出+pens花费+ive形容词后缀→要花钱的→昂贵的
"The two liars asked for more expensive silk."
两个骗子索要了很多昂贵的丝绸。
近义:pricey, costly, dear
反义:inexpensive, knockdown, downscale, downmarket, cheaply
adv. 立刻,马上;一会儿,不久;快;宁愿;
💡 速(谐音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反义:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的;
adv. 免费地;自由地,无拘束地;一帆风顺地;
vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反义:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
vi. 高飞;飞腾;猛增,剧增;高耸,屹立;
n. 高飞;高涨;高飞范围;上升高度;
vt. 高飞越过;飞升到;
💡 锁儿(谐音):怕儿子 高飞{儿大不由娘}锁住儿 so+ar(air):so is in the air: 高飞
"Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion."
借款很可能猛增至惊人的600亿英镑.
近义:arise, ascend, rise, climb, elevate, fly
v. 对…予以惩罚( penalize的过去式和过去分词 ); 使处于不利地位
近义:sanctioned