重點講解:
1. take stock of 作出整體估量;全面分析;
It was time to take stock of the situation.
是時候統(tǒng)觀一下形勢了 。
2. account for (數(shù)量或比例上)占;
The brain ac counts for merely three per cent of body weight.
大腦僅占體重的3% 。
3. be comparable to 類似的;同類的;
These companies now stand on ratings that are comparable to 1976 and 1981.
這些企業(yè)現(xiàn)在所處的評級與1976年和1981年相當 。
4. make up 組成;構(gòu)成;
Women now make up a quarter of a force that has lost much of its former laddish complexion.
警察隊伍先前清一色是男性的狀況也大為改觀,女警官現(xiàn)已占警察總數(shù)的四分之一 。
adv. 僅僅,只不過