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| 释义 | 〔whether〕"We came in full View of a great Island or Continent, (for we knew not whether)”(Jonathan Swift)“我们充分清楚地看到了一座岛屿或是一块巨大的陆地，（因为我们不知道很大是哪一个）”(乔纳森·斯威夫特)〔tonic〕Generic terms for carbonated soft drinks vary widely in the United States.Probably the two most common words competing for precedencearesoda, used in the northeast United States, andpop, used from the Midwest westward. In the South all soft drinks,regardless of the flavor or brand name,are referred to ascold drinks. Speakers in Boston and its environs have a term of their own:tonic. Such a variety of regional equivalents is unusual for a product for which advertising is so aggressive and universal;usually advertising has the effect of squeezing out regional variants.On the other hand, because there are so many types and flavors of soft drinks,perhaps no single generic word has ever emerged to challenge the regionalisms.在美国，含碳酸饮料的名称各地截然不同。其中有两个词正竞争着统治地位，一个是用于美国东北部的soda, ， 另一个是用于中西部以西的pop 。 在美国南部，所有的软饮料，不管味道或品牌如何，都统统叫作cold drinks 。 波士顿及其周围地区有其自己的名称：tonic 。 对于一种广告做得满天飞的产品来说，这种各地区名字不同的情况十分不寻常；因为广告通常有减弱方言的作用。另一方面，由于软饮料有如比多的种类和风格，所以可能还没有哪一个泛称能够取代这么多地方变体〔fanatic〕"It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth" (A.J. Balfour).More commonly, however, it merely implies strong interest in something, such as a hobby, and lacks the unfavorable connotations of the other terms: “不幸的是，宗教狂热驱动着世界，几乎没有哪一个狂热分子会坚持真理” （A.J鲍尔弗）。然而更为普通的，它仅指对某事有强烈兴趣的人，比如某一爱好，不像其它词那样具有不好的含义： 〔single〕"means of destruction . . . in the employment of which no single nation can in fact have a monopoly" (Declaration on Atomic Energy).“毁灭手段…没有哪一个国家有使用它的垄断权” （《原子能宣言》）。〔appendage〕"Intelligence analysts say they believe that of all the countries of the Middle East, none use terrorism more effectively as an adjunct to diplomacy than Syria" (Elaine Sciolino). An “情报分析家说，他们相信中东所有国家中，没有哪一个比叙利亚更有效地把恐怖主义作为外交的辅助手段” （伊莉思·西奥利诺）。〔moot〕As an adjectivemoot has come to be widely used to mean "no longer important, irrelevant,” as inIt's a purely moot question which corporation you make your rent check out to; 作为一个形容词，moot 已逐步广泛用来表示“不再重要的，不相关的”， 如在你将租金付给哪一个公司并是一个很不重要的问题； 〔which〕What particular one or ones:哪一个，哪一些：特定的一个或那些：〔see〕Let's see, which suitcase should we take?让我们想一下该提哪一个箱子?〔either〕The one or the other:任一，两方，随便哪一个：两者中的一个或另一个： |
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