夏说英语新闻晨读 第424期:巴西国家博物馆大火

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A fire has gutted² the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Most of the 20 million items it contained, including the oldest human remains³ ever found in the Americas, are believed to have been destroyed. The cause of the blaze is not known. No injuries have been reported.

gut¹: vt. (通常指火灾) 彻底损毁 (房屋) 的内部；清除……的内脏 n. 肠子，内脏；勇气
hate one's guts⁴: 对某人恨之入骨
have the guts to do sth.: 有勇气做某事
scientific institution: 科研机构
government institution: 政府机构
institute: n. 学院；研究所
institutionalise制度化
item: n. 项目；物件
contain: vt. 包含
remains: n. 残骸，遗骸；剩余物，残留物
blaze: n. 火焰；大火
trailblazer: n. 开拓者；先驱
injury: n. 受伤

1 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

2 gutted   

adj.容易消化的v.毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 )；取出…的内脏

参考例句：

• Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望？我是伤心透了！
• The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》