379. "As sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of what to do about it," says Eric Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.
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“本身作为睡眠不足的人,我们开始考虑怎么处理这个问题,”埃里克·沙首额说道。他最近刚刚大学毕业,现在是Axon睡眠研究实验室的首席执行官,该实验室是一家由学生为实践他们的想法而创建的公司。点睛
a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories为Eric Shashoua的同位语,而a company created by the students to develop their idea为Axon Sleep Research Laboratories的同位语。sleep-deprived意为“缺乏睡眠的”,其中deprive意为“剥夺;阻止”。如:
The trees deprived the house of light. 这些树遮住了房子的光线。
think of意为“考虑,想起”。如:
You can't expect me to think of everything. 你不能指望我考虑到所有的事情。
what to do about/with sth.表示“如何处理或解决某事”。如:
I really don't know what to do with those boxes. 我真是不知道该如何处理那些箱子。
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do的常见短语有:do sth. to sb./sth.意为“对某人(某事物)产生影响”。如:
Your words really do something to me. 你的话确实对我有一些影响。
What have you done to the computer? 这电脑你是怎么弄的?
do with sth.意为“希望得到某事物;忍受某事物”,常与情态动词can或could连用。如:
You look as if you could do with a good night's sleep. 你看起来似乎需要好好睡上一夜。
I can't do with his ignorance. 我无法忍受他的忽视。
do without意为“没有……也行”。如:
The manager can't do without a secretary. 经理不能没有秘书。