1、1.The latest 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary will fit in your back pocket.最新版 20卷的牛津辞典可以放入你的裤兜里。(1) the latest 最新的,最近的:(2) 20-volume 20 卷。数词加上名词作定语时,名词一般用单数。(3) fit in 放进去:2.Take this exercise which would have been impossible in the big Oxford English Dictionary of twenty volumes but which is si
2、mple to do with the dictionary in its electronic form:下面的查寻用 20卷大部分的牛津英语辞典不可能办到,而用电子牛津英语辞典则轻而易举:this exercise 指下面的 Which author is cited more often?两个 which均引导定语从句修饰 exercise.3.197 time 197次time 在此表示“次数” 。time 还可用来表示“倍数” 。表示“次数”或“倍数”时,一般不用 one time ,two times ,而用 once ,twice. 4.At the moment,CD-ROM
3、players are still something of a luxury among computer users,眼下只读光盘机在计算机用户中可以说是一种奢侈品。(1) at the moment 现在,此时,一时:(2) something of 习语“有点,可以说是在某种程度上是” 。5but for a number of users the OED will simply make CD- ROM a necessity.但对许多用户来说,牛津英语辞典则已使得只读光盘机成为必需品。()a number of 许多,好些:();make CD-ROM a necessity使光盘
4、机成为的必需品。.t US$1200 the OED/CD may seem costly .牛津英语辞典光盘价格为美元,似乎显得很昂贵。Costly 昂贵的。similar to that used for recording music与录制音乐的材料相似(1)that 指前面的 plastic.(2)Used for recoding music 过去分词短语做定语,修饰 that.8costing half as much as the print edition.花费印刷一半(费用)as as 结构可用来表示倍数。.here are no voices pronouncing the words (as there are on some other CD-ROM dictionaries)没有单词的发音(而别的一些光盘辞典有单词发音)此些句子中 as 前为否定句或否定含义时要注意正确理解句子的意义,不能理解为“正如别的一些光盘辞典,没有单词发音。 ”the full text of the dictionary only takes up about a third of disk;辞典全部内容仅占磁盘容量的三分之一:a third1/3