【Glossary】

重点词汇语法讲解

Glossary

enquiry (n.) - request for information n. (=inquiry) 询问

如：He's quite within his rights to demand an enquiry.

他完全有权要求进行调查。

Various malpractices by police officers were brought to light by the enquiry.

警察的各种不法行为经调查已揭露出来。

ordinary (adj.) - plain; normal adj. 普通的;平凡的;平常的

如：Ordinary people think merely of spending time . Great people think of using it .

平庸的人只会想着怎么消磨时间，伟大的人却想着怎么利用时间。

Ordinary people live or die depends on the enforcement of human emotions to the decision?

普通百姓的死活全凭执法者的喜怒哀乐来决定?

ashamed of (adj.) - feeling that something is not up to standard 难为情，害臊;对…感到羞耻;对…感到惭愧

如：You ought to be ashamed of yourself!

你应该为自己感到羞耻!

Why not here? Not ashamed of me, are you?

这里怎么不行?该不是觉得我丢脸吧?

background (n.) - history n. 背景;隐蔽的位置

如：business background 工作经历;

traditional (adj.) - following tradition; unchanging adj. 传统的;惯例的

如：I prefer to use the traditional way to give my greetings.

我比较喜欢用传统的方式给予朋友我的祝贺。

Third, the traditional teaching methods have their limitations.

第三，传统的教学方式有其局限性。