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1811 scrap¹

今天我们要学的词是scrap. To scrap something 意思是取消某事。Utah prisons scrapped² a rule that said inmates³ could only speak in English with their visitors. 犹他州监狱取消了犯人只能用英语跟探视者交流的规定。Walmart decided⁴ to scrap plans to build three stores in DC. 沃尔玛决定放弃在华盛顿特区开三家新店的计划。The European Parliament voted to scrap two agreements granting the U.S. access to European financial and travel data unless Washington fully⁵ reveals its intelligence gathering⁶ activities in Europe. 欧洲议会投票表决，除非美国彻底公开其在欧洲搜集情报的行动，否则就要取消跟美国共享欧洲金融和旅行数据的两项协议。好的，今天我们学习的词是 scrap, scrap, scrap...

1 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

2 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

3 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。