英语笔记 词语杂谈:kick off 与 kick start 嘉中
这两个词语与踢(kick)有关, 都有“开始”、“启动”的意思,但用法有所不同。 kick off 是的动词短语,kick 是动词。kick start 是复合动词,kick是名词,表示方式, start是动词。kick start 分开写是不规范的,正规的应该上是 kick-start 或 kickstart。
kick off 是英语俚语, 原意是足球比赛的“开球”,现代英语中指“开始”某项活动, 用法可用作不及物或动或及物。相当于 begin 或 conmence 的用法。 The first sporting action will be at Hampden Park where the football tournament will kick off. 第一场体育比赛将在汉普顿公园举行,足球锦标赛将在那里开赛。 The referee tossed a coin to decide which team should kick off. 裁判掷硬币以决定哪个队开球。 The beer festival kicks off at 7pm on July 29 and tickets are £6. 啤酒节日7月29日下午7点开始, 门票6英镑。 They say that the campaign will officially kick off next Tuesday. 他们说这个运动将在下星期二正式启动。 The city kicked off the centennial celebration with a parade. 这座城市举行游行拉开了百周年庆典的帷幕。 Let's kick off our meeting with our monthly sales report. 让我们用本月业务报告来开始我们的会议。 COVID-19 vaccination programs have kicked off in Bahrain and Kuwait. 巴林和科威特启动了新冠肺炎疫苗接种计划。 They are attending the 2019 Smart China Expo which kicked off on Monday. 他们出席了周一开幕的2019中国国际智能产业博览会。
kickstart(可以写成 kick-start, kick start 是非规范拼写)是复合动词,其基本意思是: 用脚踏启动摩托车(to make the engine of a motorcycle start by forcefully pushing down a metal bar with your foot) 例如:He lifted the bike off its stand and kick- started it. (他将摩托车撑脚架往上一提,开始蹬车启动。) kick start 常用于表示“快速重新启动”、“使……重新开始 ” (To kick start aprocess that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of action that will quickly start it going again.) 可用动词和名词。 例句: They're trying to kickstart their tourism back into gear after the tsunami. 海啸过后,他们正努力使旅游业恢复正常。 The President has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates. 总统选择通过大幅降低利率来重新拉动经济增长。 To help kick start the rebuilding process, the Bank allocated an initial $40 million for permanent housing support cash grants. 为了帮助启动重建进程,世界银行划拨了首期4000万美元的永久性房屋援建现金赠款支持。 One great way to kick-start your day and gently wake up your digestive system is to have a fresh juice every morning. 早晨吃一个新鲜果汁是开始新的一天,轻轻唤醒消化系统的一个好方法。 Government have to kickstart the energy revolution by implementing renewable energy laws across the globe. 各国政府需要通过在全世界贯彻实施可再生能源法从而启动这场能源革命。 Councillors have backed a three-year development package which will give the museum a £50,000 kick-start. 议员们支持一项为期三年的发展计划,该计划将为博物馆提供5万英镑的启动资金。 The new initiative will provide a kick-start for the manufacturing sector. 这项新举措将为制造业提供一个启动机制。 注意: kick start 与 kick off 用法上的区别,kick start 强调 “重新启动”, 而 kick off 指某 事或某活动“刚开始”。 |
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