第176句:
The most advanced insulation followls the law of increasing returns: if you add enough, you can lscale down or even eliminate heating and air-conditioning equipment, lowering costs even before you start tsaving on utility bills.
最先進的絕緣材料遵循收益遞增的定律:如果你添加足夠的絕緣材料,就可以按比例減少使用甚至不使用采暖和空調設備,甚至在打算要節省電費之前就可以降低成本。
六級詞匯講解:
本句的主干是The...insulation follows the law...冒號后的內容對主句進行解釋說明,其中,if引導的是條件狀語從句,現在分詞lowering弓I導的復合結構作狀語,before引導的是時間狀語從句。
scale down意為“按比例縮減、減少”。如:
The PR company has begun to scale down its operations in Am,erica.
這家公關公司已開始減少在美國的業務。
eliminate在句中意為“消除,排除”,該詞還有“淘汰”之意。如:
He was eliminated from the tennis match in the first round.
他在網球比賽的第一輪比賽中就被淘汰了。
lower意為“降低,削弱”。如:
The temperature has lowered gradually this month.
這個月氣溫已經逐步下降了。
六級考點歸納:
follow常見用法總結: 表示“追逐,追趕;追蹤”。如:
The police followed the criminal for two months.
警方跟蹤這名嫌疑犯已經有兩個月了。
表示“遵循;按……行事”。如:
You'd better foUow his advice.
你最好照他的忠告去做。
表示“領會,理解”。如:
I didn't quite follow what you said just now.
我不太明白你剛才所說的話。
表示“(按時間、順序等)接著,隨后發生,繼……之后”。如:
The lightning was followed by afearful clap of thunder.
閃電之后是一陣可怕的雷聲。