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今天我们要学的词是picturesque¹。Picturesque形容词，意思是如画一般的、别具一格的。At least 58 people died when the most powerful earthquake in over eight decades hit Mexico, with most fatalities² taking place in the picturesque state of Oaxaca. 墨西哥发生80多年来最猛烈的地震，造成至少58人丧生，其中大多数伤亡发生在风景如画的瓦哈卡州。A wildfire outside Portland, Oregon, forced hundreds of local residents to evacuate³ as it burned the picturesque Columbia River Gorge⁴. 俄勒冈州波特兰城外发生山火，烧毁了风景如画的哥伦比亚河峡谷，迫使数百名当地居民撤离。 好的，我们今天学习的词是picturesque, picturesque, picturesque...
 

1 picturesque   

adj.美丽如画的，（语言）生动的，绘声绘色的

参考例句：

• You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。
• That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。

2 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

4 gorge   

n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃

参考例句：

• East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
• It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。