economics:經濟學
nonprofit group:非盈利機構
Areas of knowledge 就是知識領域的意思
Increasingly意同more and more…這里要說一下,在學校的時候,老師們強調的可能是more and more.但是如果是經常聽外國新聞的人可能會覺得,increasingly比較常用.
increasingly difficult/important/popular
越來越困難╱重要╱普及
It is becoming increasingly clear that this problem will not be easily solved.
越來越明顯的是,這個問題不會輕易解決。
drop:停止,終止,放棄
The police decided to drop the charges against her.
警方決定撤回對她的指控。
I dropped German(= stopped studying it)when I was 14.
我 14 歲后就沒再學德語。
Drop everything and come at once!
放下所有事情趕快來吧!
Water down 意同dilute, 削弱;降低;使降低效果
The teacher had to water down the course for a slowlearning class.
老師不得不降低課程的要求來遷就慢班的學生.
The story has been watered down.
故事的生動性被沖淡了.
Large classes dilute the quality of education that children receive. 大班上課會降低孩子所受教育的質量。