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 今天我们要学的词是 prestigious¹.

 

prestigious 的意思是受敬重的，享有盛誉的。 Indian Prime Minister Modi's Hindu Nationalist party lost a prestigious election in Delhi, a setback² for the party as it faces protests against a new citizenship³ law. 印度总理莫迪领导的国大党在首都德里的一次重要的选举中失利，这是该党在面临针对其新公民法的抗议之际受到的一个挫折。

 

A Harvard University professor who chairs the pestigious school's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, is being accused by the U.S. government of lying to officials about his ties to China. 美国政府指控哈佛大学的一位教授，也是这个著名大学的化学及生化系主任对有关官员谎报其与中国的关系。

 

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

2 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

3 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。