1、issue
重要問題;議題;爭論的問題
Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships.
經(jīng)紀人將提出下年度世錦賽獎金的問題。
A key issue for higher education in the 1990's is the need for greater diversity of courses.
20 世紀 90 年代,高等教育的一個重要議題是要使課程更加多樣化。
(報刊的)期,號,版次
The growing problem is underlined in the latest issue of the Lancet.
最近一期的《柳葉刀》雜志中強調(diào)了這一日益嚴重的問題。
I read Germaine Greer's article in the March issue with particular interest.
我饒有興致地閱讀了杰曼·格里爾在三月那期發(fā)表的文章。
發(fā)表;發(fā)布
Last night he issued a statement denying the allegations.
昨晚他發(fā)表聲明否認那些指控。
The government issued a warning that the strikers should end their action or face dismissal.
政府發(fā)布了警告,要求罷工者停止行動,否則將被解雇。
2、unnerving
令人擔(dān)心的;令人不舒服的
It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.
發(fā)現(xiàn)朝夕相處的人竟攜帶著一種可能致命的病毒是一件令人很不安的事情。
her unnerving habit of continuously touching people she was speaking to.
她與人說話時老是碰觸對方的惱人習(xí)慣
3、instrument
器械;器具
a thin tube-like optical instrument.
試管狀的細長光學(xué)儀器
instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth.
清洗和拋光牙齒的器械
儀器;儀表
crucial instruments on the control panel.
控制面板上的重要儀表
navigation instruments.
導(dǎo)航儀器
工具;手段;被他人利用的人
The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
幾個世紀以來否決權(quán)一直是外交上慣用的手段。