每日一句口语 154

（单词翻译）

While their predecessors² have amassed⁴ dozens of Nobel

prizes and other intellectual accolades⁶, the current

crop of Cambridge undergraduates is focusing on a

rather less taxing competition – rear of the year.

当前辈校友们多次斩获诺贝尔奖，取得令人刮目的学术成就时，

如今的剑桥大学学生却 更热衷于不太费力的竞争——评选“年

度美臀”。

1. predecessor¹:祖先,前任,原有事物

Example: Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.我们新来的医生比他的前任年轻许多。

2. amass³:收集，积累

Example: He is planed to amass a fortune for a rainy day.他正打算积蓄财富以备不时之需。

3. dozens of：几十

Example: He's got dozens of suits but not one of them is presentable.他有几十套衣服，却没有一套像样的。

4. intellectual：凭理智做事者,知识分子

Example: He likes to set himself up as an intellectual.他喜欢自命为知识分子。

5. accolade⁵：表扬,嘉奖

Example: is new book received accolade from the papers.他的新书受到报纸的热烈赞扬。

4. current：现在的,流通的

Example: How long will she keep her current job?她现在这份工作能维持多久?

5. crop：农作物,收成,庄稼,(一)批

Example: The programme brought quite a crop of complaints from viewers.该节目招致观众诸多不满.

6. taxing:费力的,棘手的

Example: Raising a creative child can be taxing.培养一个有创造性的孩子可能会费心费力。

7. rear:后部,尾部,后方

Example: The rear of the bus is in smoke.公交汽车尾部在冒烟。