每天背單詞 第048期

stagnation

英 [st?ɡ?ne??n] 美 [st?ɡ?ne??n]

n. 停滯；滯止

例句：

Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery.
住房銷(xiāo)售的停滯正阻礙著經(jīng)濟(jì)的復(fù)蘇。

We learned about stagnation from nature.
我們從自然中學(xué)到了停滯。

Lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms.
長(zhǎng)期的經(jīng)濟(jì)停滯或衰退幾乎總是使社會(huì)變得更加刻薄、更缺乏包容性，通常還會(huì)阻止或逆轉(zhuǎn)權(quán)利和自由的進(jìn)步。

expedite

英 [?eksp?da?t] 美 [?eksp?da?t]

vt. 加快；促進(jìn)；發(fā)出

adj. 暢通的；迅速的；方便的

例句：

We tried to help you expedite your plans.
我們?cè)噲D幫你加快你的計(jì)劃。

We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers.
我們已創(chuàng)造了快速處理訂單的方法以便迅速將貨物送達(dá)顧客。

The facilitating agencies expedite the clearance of international cargo.
中介機(jī)構(gòu)加快國(guó)際貨物清關(guān)。

welcome

英 [?welk?m] 美 [?welk?m]

vt. 歡迎，迎接；迎新；樂(lè)于接受

adj. 受歡迎的；令人愉快的；可隨意的；盡管……好了

n. 歡迎；迎接；接受

int. 歡迎

n. (Welcome) （美、印）韋爾科姆（人名）

例句：

I warmly welcome this decision.
我熱烈歡迎這一決定。

We were given a royal welcome.
我們受到了盛大的歡迎。

New members are always welcome.
新成員歡迎加入。

expressive

英 [?k?spres?v] 美 [?k?spres?v]

adj. 表現(xiàn)的；有表現(xiàn)力的；表達(dá)…的

例句：

She has wonderfully expressive eyes.
她有一雙極富表情的眼睛。

Her expressive gestures were motivated from within rather than from being dictated by strict technique.
她富有表現(xiàn)力的姿勢(shì)是由內(nèi)心激發(fā)的，而不是由嚴(yán)格的技巧來(lái)支配的。

It deals, of course, with the techniques of music, but only in order to show how technique is directed toward expressive aims in music and toward the listener's musical experience.
當(dāng)然，它涉及音樂(lè)的技巧，但只是為了表明技巧是如何指向音樂(lè)的表達(dá)目的和聽(tīng)眾的音樂(lè)體驗(yàn)的。

foreign

英 [?f?r?n] 美 [?f??r?n]

adj. 外國(guó)的；外交的；異質(zhì)的；不相關(guān)的

例句：

Foreign News is on page 16.
國(guó)外新聞在第16版。

For foreign orders postage is extra.
對(duì)于國(guó)外訂單，郵資是另計(jì)的。

They are arguing over foreign policy.
他們?cè)谟懻撏饨徽摺?/p>

回顧

1. stagnation
2. expedite
3. welcome
4. expressive
5. foreign