| 词组 | bank |
| 释义 | 1． 河岸、湖岸都可以叫 bank: We went down to the Mekong River banks. The banks of the lake are mostly covered by forest. 2． 河的两岸从上游向下游看，右边叫 right bank，左边叫 left bank。 3． 注意下列搭配: The river has overflowed its banks. He followed the man along the riv- er bank. The town is on high banks on ei- ther side of a river. My house is on the south bank of the river. on the opposite / east / steep / bank 4． 有许多其他含义: a bank of TV monitors a data bank a valuable bank of old documents a blood bank a gene bank a sperm bank an organ bank a bank of useful addresses a bank of references a bank of information barbarian， barbaric， barba- rous 3 词都可表示“野蛮的”。 1． barbarian 源于希腊语，意思是“异族的、粗鲁的、无知的”。当时较先进的希腊人用这种眼光去看待其他文化，因而这个词常用来指一种 “未开化的文化状态”，是与 full civ- ilization 相对而言的: The Chinese then regarded the European way of eating as bar- barian because Europeans “ate with swords”． 2． barbaric 与 barbarous 十分相似，有时可以换用，意义无多大区别: barbaric / barbarous acts 3． 但 barbarous 在“野蛮”的程度上要胜过 barbaric。用英语将两词作比较，barbarous 的意思是 not civi- lized( 不文明的) ，而 barbaric 则是 lacking civilization( 缺乏文明的) : It's barbarous to keep a man in a cage like that. 像那样把人关在笼子里是野蛮的。 ( 指非人道，程度严重) Boxing is a barbaric sport. 拳击是一种野蛮的体育活动。( 指缺乏文明，程度较轻) |
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