单词 | 威尔森 |
释义 | 〔contact〕In 1966 Wilson Follett wrotethat "Persons old enough to have been repelled by the verbcontact . . . may as well make up their minds that there is no way to arrest or reverse the tide of its popularity.” His prophecy is proving correct:In 1969 only 34 percent of the Usage Panel accepted the use ofcontact as a verb, but in our most recent survey 65 percent of the Panel accepted the sentence 1966年威尔森·福莱特写道:“对contact 这个动词素有反感的年长者还不如趁早接受这一无法阻拦或逆转它日渐通用的趋势这个事实”。 他的预言证明是正确的,在1969年用法专题使用小组成员中只有34%的人接受将contact 作为动词的用法, 但在我们最近的调查中65%的用法小组成员接受以下句子: 〔Davidson〕American sculptor best remembered for his vigorous portrait busts of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Albert Einstein, among others.戴维斯,约(瑟夫):(1883-1952) 美国雕刻家,因创作力旺盛的肖像而最被人们纪念,其中有伍德罗·威尔森、富兰克林·D·罗斯福和阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦〔spontaneous〕"The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people" (Woodrow Wilson). “效率的最高和最好的形式是让人们自由地协作” (伍德罗·威尔森)。 |
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