专升本单词熟词生义第七期
1. business 商业, 买卖, 交易, 生意,
in business
运行
out of business
停业
run / operate/ manage a business
营业
①商店,商行,企业
The company was a family business.
这家公司是一个家族企业。
The majority of small businesses fail within the first twenty-four months.
大多数小企业在最初的两年内倒闭。
He has a business in the town.
他在城里有一家商店。
②职责;工作
It's a teacher's business to make children learn.
使学生学习是老师的责任。
You can't mix business with pleasure.
你不能把工作和娱乐混在一起。
③事情, 事件
We have sorted out this wretched business at last.
我们终于处理了这起恶劣的事件。
Mind your own business.
管好你自己的事。
The most important business was left to the last.
最重要的事留到最后做。
2. cover 盖子, 封面
①占(时间或空间)
The town covers 5 square miles.
小镇占地5平方英里。
②走完(一段路程)
I want to cover 100 miles by dark.
我想在天黑之前走完100英里。
It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.
要靠那些数量的汽油跑10英里可不容易。
③足够支付
These expenses are covered by the state.
这些费用都由国家负担。
Send it to the address given with $2.50 to cover postage and administration.
把这封信寄到所给地址，$2.50足以支付邮资和手续费。
④看完(多少页书)
cover fifty pages in 15 minutes
⑤包括;包含;论及
The review covered everything we learned last term.
这次复习包括上学期我们所学的全部课程。
⑥代替
She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who were sick.
她没有足够的护士来代替她们生病的同事的工作。
3. equal 平等的;相等的; 等于(vt)
①胜任的
John is quite equal to the job of running the office.
约翰很能胜任主理这个办事处的工作。
②比得上(vt)
None of us can equal her.
没人比得上她。
4. matter 事件, 问题
①物质(不可数)
Matter exists in three states: solid, liquid and gas.
物质以三种状态存在: 固态、液态和气态。
②事态,情况
That's how matters stand.
目前情况就是这样。
③有关系，有重要性，要紧(vi)
A lot of the food goes on the floor but that doesn't matter.
很多食物掉在地板上，但是那不要紧。
As long as staff members are well-groomed, it does not matter how long their hair is.
只要工作人员打扮整齐，他们的头发多长不要紧。
5. park 公园
①停放(车辆); 停车
Please park your car in the parking lot and hike in.
请把车停在外面停车场，步行进去。
Greenfield turned into the next side street and parked.
格林菲尔德拐进下一个小巷停了车。
He found a place to park the car.
他找到了一个停车的地方。
②…区; …园
a science and technology park
一个科技园