GRE写作常用表达札记4-4

161.Re: 请问“这项支出在人们收入中所占的比例”怎么说？ 
This ... expenditure¹ has constituted... proportion of ... income. 

162.Re: 表示“后代/前辈”有哪些词啊？ 
后辈
(1)juniors;younger generation. 
e.g. We, the younger generation, should make greater contributions to the motherland than 
 our elders. 
(2)posterity;descendants. 
e.g. Quite a few of his descendants were eminent² scientists. 
前辈senior(person);elder;older generation;predecessor 
革命前辈revolutionary predecessor 同行中的老前辈senior of a profession

1 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

2 eminent   

adj.显赫的，杰出的，有名的，优良的

参考例句：

• We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.我们正期待一位著名科学家的来访。
• He is an eminent citizen of China.他是一个杰出的中国公民。