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prep.关于，属于…的，由…制成；

英语六级真题

search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.

deprive colleges of the right to manage their facilitiesmake workers less motivated in performing dutiesrender a number of campus workers joblesslead to the privatization of campus facilitiesThe outsourcing plan is not yet finalized.

cut the salary of senior executivesrelocate some of its chain storesadjust its promotion strategiesreduce the size of its staffTo experiment on its new business concept.

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.

Winners of local contests will participate in the national math competition for free.

White storks feed on locusts ( ' , 蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.

While bullying is parents' greatest concern over all, nearly half of low-income parents worry their child will get shot, compared with one-fifth of high-income parents.

While alternative estimates of the damage from carbon emissions differ, and it's especially hard to reckon the likely costs of possible catastrophic climate events, most estimates suggest substantial negative effects.

What the designers of American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service.

We need very broad participation to fully address the global tragedy that results when countries fail to take into account the negative impact of their carbon emissions on the rest of the world.

We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design.

Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class—the same that produced gentlemen scientists, authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts.

To promote sales of its products by lowering prices.

To be more competitive in sales of beauty products.

Thus was born the idea of the Grand Tour, a practice which introduced Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians, and also Americans to the art and culture of France and Italy for the next 300 years.

They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.

They radically changed people's concept of beauty.

They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.

They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.

They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winterThey prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.

They got a better understanding of early human civilization.

They gained some knowledge of classical art and architecture.

They developed an interest in the origin of modern art forms.

They catered to the taste of the younger generation.

They came up with a brand-new set of design proceduresThey made originality a top priority in their fashion design.

They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.

They are more likely to be at risk of dying.

These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale ( ' , 页岩) oil, point to a low for long scenario.

These designers established the modem dress code, letting playsuits and other activewear outfits suffice for casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and versatility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occasion or allotment of the day.

There is strong evidence that both innovation and adoption of cleaner technology are strongly encouraged by higher fossil fuel prices.

There is no best parenting style or philosophy, researchers say, and across income groups, 92% of parents say they are doing a good job at raising their children.

There are usually two parents, who spend a lot of time reading to children and worrying about their anxiety levels and hectic schedules.

There are huge clusters of organic waste they can feed on, said Flack.

There are also dozens of summer camps—many attached to universities—that aim to prepare elite math students.

The trend of social and economic development.

The state's facilities management project team is still in the process of developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February, Martin said.

The spread of epidemics to their homeland.

The retailer also announced the locations of 36 stores it will close in early 2016.

The result would be higher emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

The recent discovery of the giant Zohr gas field off the Egyptian coast will eventually have impact on pricing in the Mediterranean region and Europe, and there is significant development potential in many other places, notably Argentina.

The prices of coal are low as a result of over-supply and decreasing demand.

The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than ever before.

The lack of a research culture.

The involvement of more women in fashion design.

The hope is that the success of COP 21 opens the door to future international agreement on carbon prices.

The fear of massive copying.

The emulation of traditional Parisian design.

The demographics of that group looked quite different from those in the competition round—of the 16 video finalists, 13 were girls and eight were African-American students.

The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord & Taylor.

The company blamed much of the poor performance in November and December on unseasonably warm weather.

The class differences in child rearing are growing—a symptom of widening inequality with far-reaching consequences.

The changing attitude of journals and funders.

The challenge is if certain types of people are doing something, it's difficult for other people to break into it, said Po-Shen Loh, the head coach of last year's winning U.S.Math Olympiad team.

The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, said Flack.

The belief that research data is private intellectual propertyThe concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.

The advent of new technologies has added about 4.

The advancement of digital technology.

The Math Olympiad Summer Training Program is a three-week math camp held by the Mathematical Association of America that leads straight to the international championship and is free for those who make it.

The Los Angeles Math Circle, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, began in 2007 with 20 students and now has more than 250.

The German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics.

That relative strength would be consistent with what was seen in the wider retail industry during the early part of the holiday season.

Tennessee's technical and community colleges will not outsource ( ' , 外包) management of their facilities to a private company, a decision one leader said was bolstered by an analysis of spending at each campus.

Technological innovations have unleashed the power of renewables such as wind, hydro, solar, and geothermal ( ' , 地热).

Teams of four students make a video illustrating a math problem and its real-world application.

Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions may not know about advanced-math opportunities like MathCounts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.

System institutions are operating very efficiently based on this analysis, raising the question of the value of pursuing a broad scale outsourcing initiative.

Students may take advantage of online resources to learn to solve math problems.

Some intensive summer programs are very expensive but most of them provide scholarships.

Some communities have agreed to share online—geneticists, for example, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository ( ' , 库), and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some 500 million objects—but these remain the exception, not the rule.

Since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco-Roman and Italian art for their own collections.

Setting the right carbon price will therefore efficiently align the costs paid by carbon users with the true social opportunity cost of using carbon.

Schools or teachers who sign up for the National Math Club receive a kit full of activities and resources, but there's no special teacher training and no competition attached.

Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits, including more connections with colleagues, improved visibility and increased citations.

Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks ( ' , 鹳) from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives.

Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.

Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.

Private collections were of greater variety.

People used to live near people of different income levels; neighborhoods are now more segregated by income.

Part of it is communication; part of it is transportation.

Parents of advanced-math students and MathCounts coaches say the children are on the website constantly.

Parenting approaches of working-class and affluent families both have advantages.

Panini's Ancient Rome and Modern Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches.

One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up double-digit increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.

One of the largest feeders for high school math competitions—including those that eventually lead to the IMO—is a middle school program called MathCounts.

Of families earning more than $75,000 a year, 84% say their children have participated in organized sports over the past year, 64% have done volunteer work and 62% have taken lessons in music, dance or art.

Of families earning less than $30,000, 59% of children have done sports, 37% have volunteered and 41 % have taken arts classes.

Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel ( ' , 服装) on the basis of utility.

Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion.

Notwithstanding important recent progress in developing renewable fuel sources, low fossil fuel prices could discourage further innovation in, and adoption of, cleaner energy technologies.

Nonetheless, 20% of well-off parents say their children's schedules are too hectic, compared with 8% of poorer parents.

None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.

Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, lesseducated parents.

Nearly all members of last year's winning U.S.IMO team took part in MathCounts as middle school students, as did Loh, the coach.

Nations from around the world have gathered in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, with the goal of a universal and potentially legally-binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Much of the waste is discarded rotten meat, mixed in with other human debris such as plastic bags and old toys.

Most of the training for advanced-math competitions happens outside the confines of the normal school day.

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

Morgan's comments on outsourcing mark the second time this month that he has come out against one of Haslam's plans for higher education in Tennessee.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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（用于连接两个名词，其中前者表示后者的特定方面）

You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about.

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（用于连接两个名词或名词与现在分词，其中后者对前者进行界定或补充信息）

You use of to combine two nouns, or a noun and a present participle, when the second noun or present participle defines or gives more information about the first noun.

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（用于指称动作的名词后说明该动作的对象或主体）

You use of after nouns referring to actions to specify the person or thing that is affected by the action or that performs the action. For example, 'the kidnapping of the child' refers to an action affecting a child; 'the arrival of the next train' refers to an action performed by a train.

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（用于指称数量或组群的词和短语后表示计量的对象）

You use of after words and phrases referring to quantities or groups of things to indicate the substance or thing that is being measured.

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（用于人或事物的名称后引出其所属或相关的机构或地方）

You use of after the name of someone or something to introduce the institution or place they belong to or are connected with.

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（用于指称容器的名词后，说明容器及其所含物）

You use of after a noun referring to a container to form an expression referring to the container and its contents.

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（用在可数名词后、不可数名词前表示某一单个物品）

You use of after a count noun and before an uncount noun when you want to talk about an individual piece or item.

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（表示材料或成分）由…制成（或组成）的

You use of to indicate the materials or things that form something.

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（用于名词后表示其为某事物的一部分）

You use of after a noun which specifies a particular part of something, to introduce the thing that it is a part of.

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（用于某些动词后表示动作所涉及的人或事物）关于，由于

You use of after some verbs to indicate someone or something else involved in the action.

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（用于某些形容词后表示与情感或特性相关的事物）对，为

You use of after some adjectives to indicate the thing that a feeling or quality relates to.

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（用于指称施动者的单词前说明对该动作的看法）出自…，在…一方

You use of before a word referring to the person who performed an action when saying what you think about the action.

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（用于描述名词后引出所指的人或事物）

You use of after a noun which describes someone or something, to introduce the person or thing you are talking about.

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（表示程度）更大/较小程度上的…

If something is more of or less of a particular thing, it is that thing to a greater or smaller degree.

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（表示某人或某事物具有的特点或特性）

You use of to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has.

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（用于be动词后表示某人或某事物具有的特点或特性）

You use of after the verb 'be' to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has.

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（用于说明数量、价值或年龄）

You use of to specify an amount, value, or age.

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（用于年、月等名词后表示状态或活动的持续时间）

You use of after a noun such as 'month' or 'year' to indicate the length of time that some state or activity continues.

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（表示时间离某一钟点差几分）在…之前

You can use of to say what time it is by indicating how many minutes there are before the hour mentioned.

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英汉词典释义

prep.

(表示时间)在…的, 在…之前; 在…期间

(表示方式)根据

(表示对象)对于, 就…而言

(表示原因)由于, 因为, （用于某些形容词后，后接与感情相关的人或事）

(表示方位)在; 位于

(表示范围)在…之中

(表示结果)在…方面

(表示目的)用于…的

(表示否定)缺乏, 没有

属于（某人）；关于（某人）

属于（某物）；（某事）部份的；关于（某物）

出身于（某背景）；住在（某地）

关于，反映（某人或某事）

（用于表示性质、组成或涵盖）即，由…组成

（用于表示计量、时间或年龄等）

（常用在 some、a few 等词语之后，表示人或物的所属）属于…的

（表示人或事的时空位置）在，当

（用于由动词转化的名词之后，of 之后的名词可以是受动者，也可以是施动者）

（用于某些动词后，后接动作所涉及的人或事）

（用于对某人的行为发表看法）

（用于一个名词修饰另一个名词时）

aux.

助动词. [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]

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