搭配，用法

  1. the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.

  2. well- paid 高薪

  3. rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques ．而不是通过节食来达到零码或黄蜂腰身形

  4. it’s just not fair. 这实在是不公平

  5. His concern is mainly with the humanities: literature, languages, philosophy and so on之类的等等一系列

  6. Equally unsurprisingly, only about half end up with professorships for which they entered graduate school.最终获得

  7. thesis-writing 论文写作

  8. in just a tenth of a second 在1/10秒内 a second 一秒钟

  9. come up with 提出

  10. stems from 源于

  11. in a move that在一次行动中

  12. in the wake of 随着

  13. the turn of 20th century 20世纪初

  14. the eve of World War II 二战前夕

  15. to the point of = to the degree = to a stage 到了。。。的地步

  16. even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly 甚至是那些喜欢卖弄学问的评论家们

  17. I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are.

我很想将‘新闻业’定义为‘一个不被读过的作家对读过的作家的蔑视术语。’

  1. save to 除了
  2. it turn out that 事实证明
  3. in several instance 在几种情况下
  4. on the whole 总体上
  5. To a certain extent 在某种程度上
  6. is hardly the only 并不是唯一的
  7. a piece of cake 小菜一碟
  8. no shock there 不要惊讶
  9. play a major role 起主要作用
  10. a broad range of范围广泛的
  11. promote complementary 促进互补
  12. vague excuses 模糊的借口
  13. the first signs of 最初的迹象
  14. to be between jobs 失业
  15. wing by wing 一个接一个
  16. in return for 作为回报
  17. it’s not yet clear 尚不清楚
  18. fatal flaw 致命缺陷
  19. couldn’t be more out of date
  20. more precisely 更准确地
  21. In the past couple of weeks 在过去几周
  22. Human nature being what it is 人类本来就是这样
  23. It is not yet clear 目前还不清楚
  24. after all 毕竟
  25. our visions of future 未来愿景
  26. Up until a few decades ago 直到十几年前
  27. writing on the wall 厄运当头
  28. a state of exhaustion 精疲力竭的状态
  29. sets out to correct 着手纠正
  30. It is difficult to the point of impossibility for 很难（难到不可能的地步）
  31. it was taken for granted that 人们理所当然的认为
  32. perched on top 居高临下
  33. to put it in layman’s terms
  34. it was lucky indeed there were no injuries
  35. it is disturbing that 令人警惕的是
  36. oversight panel
  37. to the contrary 相反的是
  38. own board of directors 董事会
  39. the fallout from 后果是
  40. it remains unclear 仍然不清楚
  41. shift away 转变
  42. Not all of that will change. 并非所有这些都会改变。
  43. for up to a century 长达一个世纪
  44. But the implications will be profound. 但其影响将是深远的
  45. Tropical coral reefs deserve their status as charismatic habitats. 热带珊瑚礁作为具有魅力的栖息地是理所当然的。
  46. comes out of shadows into public markets 从暗处走到公众市场内。
  47. pull off a list.列出一份清单
  48. The deal values it at about $1.5bn. 这笔交易对其估值约为 15 亿美元。
  49. a clutch of 批量的，一些的
  50. This month alone 仅此月
  51. The rush to 。。。急于做某事
  52. in these early-stage efforts 在这些早期的努力中
  53. along with the tranche of new start-ups spinning off 随着一批新的初创企业分拆出来
  54. that moment of truth 关键时刻
  55. It would increase the chances of greater famine and ecosystem collapse. 这将增加更大的饥荒和生态系统崩溃的机会
  56. China, by far the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases 中国是迄今为止世界上最大的温室气体排放国，
  57. time is running out 时间不多了
  58. Britain, as the hosts of Cop26, will hold the ring over the next two weeks 英国作为 Cop26 的东道主，将在接下来的两周内举行
  59. What is done and left undone 已完成的和未完成的
  60. the fate of future generations 后代的命运
  61. Progress in AI is something that will take a while to happen 人工智能的进步需要一段时间才能发生
  62. dating back to 2008. 可追溯到2008年。
  63. in the higher reaches of the sport 体育运动的上游。
  64. ascended the throne 登基
  65. No one says that the N.H.L. is anything less than the world’s top league.什么都比不上

特殊句式

The company is blamed for sucking sales out of Britain’s high streets and threatening to automate workers out of existence.

该公司被指责从英国的大街上吸走销售，并威胁要让工人自动化。

It says more about the decrepit state of the care sector than Amazon’s warehouses that workers are choosing the latter over the former.

相比亚马逊的仓库，工人选择后者而不是前者，更能说明护理行业的破旧状态。

Bluntly it had no clue how prevalent the wheel defect mightbe, nor how frequent inspections would have to be to detect it.

坦率地说，它不知道车轮缺陷可能有多普遍，也不知道需要多频繁的检查才能发现它

What else don ’ t we know about Metro safety issues?

关于地铁安全问题，我们还有什么不知道的？

if auto manufacturers are less able to differentiate themselves by designing more powerful engines — especially as vehicles become self-driving — they will have to compete by making their cars more attractive places to be.

如果汽车制造商无法通过设计更强大的发动机来实现差异化——尤其是随着汽车变得自动驾驶——他们将不得不通过让他们的汽车更具吸引力的地方来竞争。

But as awareness grows of the role that oceans can play in sequestering carbon, and marine conservation efforts ramp up as part of global efforts to limit warming and biodiversity losses, we should cultivate our appreciation for other ecosystems too.

但随着人们越来越意识到海洋在固碳方面的作用，以及作为全球限制变暖和生物多样性丧失的努力的一部分，海洋保护工作的增加，我们也应该培养对其他生态系统的欣赏。

the menopause is being talked about a great deal more than it used to be.

更年期的讨论比过去多得多.