今天我们要学的词是 clarion1.
Clarion 是指中世纪时期的一种铜号,因在战场上使用而引申为号角的意思。 Clarion常与call连用,意思是号召: Nobel laureates and experts, in a clarion call on Sunday, urged governments to promote active aging to ease the burden on social security systems. 诺贝尔奖得主和专家们星期日发出号召,呼吁政府推动积极老龄化,以减轻社会保障体系的负担。
A clarion call by China's legislature to
implement2 a property tax scared
investors3 into dumping real estate developers' stocks, even if the legal basis for the tax is at least five years away. 中国立法机构发声要落实财产税后,即使税法至少需要五年确立法律基础,投资者们仍出于担心而抛售房地产开发商的股票。
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clarion
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n.尖音小号声;尖音小号 |
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- Clarion calls to liberation had been mocked when we stood by.当我们袖手旁观的时候,自由解放的号角声遭到了嘲弄。
- To all the people present,his speech is a clarion call.对所有在场的人而言,他的演讲都是动人的号召。
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implement
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n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行 |
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- Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
- The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
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investors
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n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 ) |
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- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
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