考试里爱给你挖坑的“熟词僻义” | Vol.31

►preserve

preserve作动词常见义为“保存，贮存”。当它作名词，除了常见义“保护区，禁猎地”外，还有“(某人或群体活动、工作等的)专门领域”的意思

例句：

The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president.外交政策事宜主要由总统专门负责。

Worrying about air pollution was largely the preserve of foreigners.那时大部分都是外国人担心空气污染。[经济学人]

►body

body 除了“身体”，还有“团体；社团；群体”的意思

例句：

a governing/a regulatory/an advisory/a review body管辖 / 监管 / 咨询 / 评审机构      

A large body of people will be affected by the tax cuts.将有一大批人受到减税的影响。 

►press

press作名词表示“报章杂志；印刷媒体”

例句：

Unlike the American, the British press operates on a national scale.与美国不同，英国报刊都是行销全国的。

Ms Jung refused to return to South Korea to face charges related to her university admission, the local press dubbed it a “gold-spoon escape”. And 34% of young people say they feel “isolation due to academic cliques" at work. 词典中不断增加的俚语也证明了这一结论：人们常说的走后门、靠关系来获得工作；当郑女士拒绝回到韩国面对关于她被大学录取的各种指责时，当地媒体把此举称为“金匙逃生”。[经济学人]

►press 

press 作动词是“压”，作名词 press 还有“报章杂志；印刷媒体”的意思

例句：

Unlike the American, the British press operates on a national scale.与美国不同，英国报刊都是行销全国的。[经济学人]

Ms Jung refused to return to South Korea to face charges related to her university admission, the local press dubbed it a “gold-spoon escape”. And 34% of young people say they feel “isolation due to academic cliques" at work. 词典中不断增加的俚语也证明了这一结论：人们常说的走后门、靠关系来获得工作；当郑女士拒绝回到韩国面对关于她被大学录取的各种指责时，当地媒体把此举称为“金匙逃生”。[经济学人]

►channel

channel 作名词表示“海峡或频道”，作动词还有“将(资金或资源)专门用于”的意思

例句：

Jacques Delors wants a system set up to channel funds to the poor countries...  雅克·德洛尔希望建立一套体系，将资金专门用于援助贫穷的国家。[经济学人]

►put

put 表示“表述；表达”，put it simply简单来说，put it bluntly直白的说

例句：

As Adams put it, "The poor Babel fish has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation." 正如亚当斯所言：“可怜的巴别鱼比造物史上任何其他事物带来的战争都要多，也更为血腥。”[经济学人]

►line

line 作名词还有“行业；活动的范围”，类似于industry