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夏说英语新闻晨读 第516期:告别的新玩儿法

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 本期内容：

Britons are increasingly shunning2 traditional funerals in favour of more unusual send-offs, which last year included a McDonald's-themed drivethrough event and a service for a magician where the undertakers wore red noses. Two-fifths of UK adults now want their funeral to be a celebratory affair, according to Co-op Funeralcare, while soaring demand for personalisation means the provider has seen requests for alternative hearses, such as adapted Land Rovers and rainbow-hued vehicles, rise by a fifth in three years.

shun1: vt. 逃避；回避；拒绝
funeral: n. 葬礼
in favour of: 支持；喜欢；青睐
send-off: 话别
drivethrough: n. 汽车餐厅
undertaker: n. 抬棺人
celebratory: adj. 值得庆祝的
soaring: adj. 高速增长的
hearse: n. 灵车
rainbow-hued: adj. 彩虹色调的


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1 shun 6EIzc     
vt.避开，回避，避免
参考例句：
  • Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
  • This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。
2 shunning f77a1794ffcbea6dcfeb67a3e9932661     
v.避开，回避，避免( shun的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • My flight was more a shunning of external and internal dangers. 我的出走是要避开各种外在的和内在的威胁。 来自辞典例句
  • That book Yeh-yeh gave me-"On Filial Piety and the Shunning of Lewdness"-was still on the table. 我坐下来，祖父给我的那本《刘芷唐先生教孝戒淫浅训》还在桌子上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

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