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口译词汇精讲:travel和journey

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travel US: [ tr v( )l] 词形变化 travels travelled traveled travelling traveling n.1. 旅行; 旅游,泛指出行 Foreign travel never really appealed to him until he retired. 他在退休之前并不真的喜欢出国旅行。 2. 旅行

travel

US: [ tr v( )l]

词形变化 travels travelled traveled travelling traveling

 

n.1. 旅行; 旅游,泛指出行

  Foreign travel never really appealed to him until he retired.

  他在退休之前并不真的喜欢出国旅行。

2. 旅行; 游历,尤指一系列的经常性出行

  She's off on her travels again.

  她再次踏上了旅程。

  v.1. 旅行; 旅游,尤指远途旅行

  Joe recently traveled to Australia on business.

  乔最近到澳大利亚出差。

2. 传播; 流传

  Ill news travels fast.

  坏事传千里。

3. (以特定的速度或方式)行进; 传输; 运行,尤指光和声

  Sound travels more slowly than light.

  音速比光速慢。

journey

US: [ d rni]

UK: [ d (r)ni]

词形变化 journeys journeying journeyed

n.1. 旅行; 旅程,尤指长途的旅行

  Our parents wished us a safe journey.

  父母希望我们一路平安。

2. 〈文学〉历程; 经历; 过程

  a spiritual journey

  灵魂之旅

v.1. 〈正式〉到...旅行; 到...旅游

  In the spring, they journeyed onward to Mexico City.

  春天他们到墨西哥城去旅行。

例句:

However, he later complained he had been placed in economy class for the long journey from Britain to Australia.

  但他随后就抱怨道,从英国到澳大利亚的长途旅行自己被安排乘坐经济舱。

An ancient Chinese saying says that a journey of a thousand miles is made up with all the small steps," he said. "And I believe that.

  “一位中国哲人说过千里之行始于足下,”他说,我相信这话。

China’s market for international travel is expected to grow by 17 per cent a year over the next decade.

  根据上述报告,未来十年内,中国出境游市场预计每年将增长17%。

This year has seen aggressive growth for the airline, as it bounced back from the travel downturn of a year earlier.

  国泰航空从去年的旅游萧条状况中恢复发展,今年取得了强势的增长。

"The mini-vacation is a fantastic way of changing the scene without peaking the bank," said Amelie Hurst of travel website TripAdvisor.

  旅游网站TripAdvisor的艾米丽 赫斯特说:“迷你假期是省钱度假的好办法。”



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