With the notable exception of smallpox—a highly contagious and lethal virus that was eradicated in 1979 but preserved by the Soviet Union for use against America (but not Europe), and now exists only in two laboratories, in America and Russia—most biological weapons would therefore have more localised effects than the new coronavirus. 天花是个明显的例外,这种高度传染性和致命的病毒1979年就被根除了,但苏联将其保留下来对付美国(但不是欧洲),现在只存在于两个分别位于美国和俄罗斯的实验室。因而,很多生物武器比新冠状病毒有更多的局部效应。 ——《经济学人》 基本释义 Someone or something that is notable is important or interesting. adj. 显著的;值得注意的 追根溯源 单词notable里的词根not来自拉丁语,表示“标记,记号”,所以,英语里包含not的单词,多与此相关。例如:note vt.注意;记录 notice v.注意;通知 denote v.表示;指示 notorious adj.臭名昭著的 影视例句在动画片《马男波杰克》中,Gina警告BoJack不要影响自己的事业,其中就用到了这个单词:Gina: People know me because of my acting. And all that goes away if I'm just the girl who got choked by BoJack Horseman. BoJack: I can't lie about this.Gina: I don't want you to be the most notable thing that ever happened to me. I don't want you to be the question I get asked in interviews for the rest of my life.-人们因为我的演技而开始了解我,如果我变成被马男波杰克掐的女孩,这一切都会烟消云散。-我不能撒谎。-我不想让你成为我人生中最了不得的功绩,我不想在我的余生的每个采访中都会被问到关于你的问题。今天学习的词根not在《背单词,这300个词根就够了》这本书中也有讲到,本书由我爱背单词团队精心编写,想系统学习词根,快速扩展词汇量的同学可以参考! 目前这本书参加了618促销活动,京东和天猫都是超低价,非常实惠,赶紧入手吧~ |
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