VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Holland  North/South Holland– just a part of a country called Netherlands
Netherlands=荷兰

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zoning (n):the act of deciding, or the decision that has been taken about, what particular use an area should have
分区;分区规划
E.g.: zoning laws
城市区划法

zone (v):to give a special purpose to a particular area, such as an area in a town
将…划作特殊区域;指定…为某项用途的区域
E.g.: The former dockyard has been zoned for industrial use.
以前的造船厂被辟为了工业用地。

brain drain (n):the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better
(国家的)人才流失,人才外流
E.g.: Britain has suffered a huge brain drain in recent years.
英国近年来人才外流现象十分严重。

we can draw/make parallels between these two cases 我们可以在这两种情况之间画出平行线。

It would be easy to draw (= make) a parallel between the city’s history and that of its theaters.
将该城的历史与其剧院的历史作个比较很容易就会发现二者的相似之处。

dwarf (v):If one thing dwarfs another, it makes it seem small by comparison.
使…相形见绌;使…显得矮小
E.g.: The new skyscraper will dwarf all those near it.
新建的摩天大楼会让周围的建筑都显得很矮小。
E.g.: This new crisis may well dwarf most that have gone before.
这场新的危机可能比以往的大多数危机都严重得多。