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本期作者:张悦
本周我们来学习与春运相关的词汇
1. rush /rʌʃ/
n. 蜂拥前往
搭配:Spring Festival travel rush 春运
holiday rush 假期高峰
holiday shopping rush假期购物潮
rush hours 高峰时间
e.g. Shop early to avoid the Christmas holiday rush.
e.g. The travel rush during the Spring Festival is so intense that train tickets sell out within minutes.
e.g. Local businesses take advantage of the holiday rush, offering special promotions to attract tourists.
e.g. Traffic is always heavy during the rush hour.
2. scalper /'skælpɚ/
n. 倒票者;黄牛;票贩子
搭配:ticket scalpers 票贩子
e.g. Many people criticize scalpers for taking advantage of the holiday travel rush, making it difficult for people to get tickets at fair prices.
e.g. The government has implemented stricter measures to prevent scalpers from hoarding and reselling train tickets.
补充:hoard v. 囤积
v. scalp 倒卖,炒卖票;
e.g. People were scalping tickets outside the stadium.
类似表达:tout v.倒卖(门票)/ n. 票贩子
e.g. The toutson the street corner were touting tickets for the theater show, hoping to make a profit off last-minute buyers.
3. delay /dɪ'leɪ/
n. 延期;延迟;推迟
搭配:a lengthy/long delay 长时间的推迟
traffic delays / flight delay(s) 交通/航班延误
e.g. Airline travelers are experiencing delays of up to three hours.
e.g. The construction work on the highway willcause a delayin the morning commute.
补充:commute n. 通勤
v.使延期;使延迟;推迟
搭配:delay something / delay doing sth.
e.g. Due to the bad weather, the airline had todelay the departureof the flight by two hours.
e.g. Due to the traffic jam, I had to delay going back home and find an alternative route.
4. exhaustion /ɪg'zɔːstʃ(ə)n/
n. 精疲力竭;疲惫不堪
搭配:mental and physical exhaustion 身体疲惫
e.g. After standing in line for hours, she was overcome by exhaustion from the Spring Festival travel rush.
e.g. The overcrowding on the buses caused serious exhaustion, with people crammed in for hours without a break.
补充:be overcome by感情上受到极大影响
Overcrowding n. 过度拥挤
adj. exhausted[mentally and physcially] 筋疲力尽的
e.g. During the Spring Festival travel rush, long hours of queuing and crowded conditions caused many people to feelexhausted.
补充:queue v. 排队
类似表达:be mentally / physically drained
e.g. She worked two shifts back-to-back and was physically drained by the time she got home.
补充:back-to-back 接连不断地;连续地
shift n. 轮班
以上就是今天的词汇,我们下期见。
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