学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3334 bevy

 今天我们要学的词是 bevy¹.

 

bevy 是个量词，指一群，一堆，特别是相似的人或事。Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson pushed back against a bevy of criticism from Democratic lawmakers over a proposal that would exclude illegal immigrants from public housing. 美国住房和城市发展部部长本·卡森对民主党议员针对一项不允许非法移民享受公共住房提案的批评言论予以回击。

 

Silicon² Valley firms face a bevy of state, federal and international regulators, which all may act against them. 硅谷的公司面对一大批州、联邦和国际监管机构，这些机构都可能对他们采取行动。

 

1 bevy   

n.一群

参考例句：

• A bevy of bathing beauties appeared on the beach.沙滩上出现了一群游泳的美女。
• Look,there comes a bevy of ladies.看，一群女人来了。

2 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。