2. If Miss Eyre, who advertised in theYorkshire Herald of last Thursday, is in a position to give satisfactory references...as to character and competency, a situation can be offered to her.
單詞梳理:
1. advertise v.登廣告 2. Yorkshire n. 約克郡(英格蘭北部一歷史地區及古代的郡)
3. satisfactory adj.令人滿意的 4. reference n.推薦人, 推薦函
5. character n.品質 6. competency n.能力, 勝任, 技能
7. situation n.職位
單詞精學:Advertise
語法用法:~ sth (as sth)
英文釋義:
to tell the public about a product or a service in order to encourage people to buy or to use it
支持范例:
If you want to attract more customers, try advertising in the local paper.
如果你想吸引更多的顧客,試試在當地報紙上刊登廣告吧。
advertise on TV 在電視上做廣告 advertise in a newspaper 在報紙上登廣告
advertise soap 做廣告宣傳肥皂 advertise one's house 做廣告宣傳自己的房子
advertise one's services做廣告宣傳自己的服務
Satisfactory
支持范例:
Her school report says her French is satisfactory.
她成績單上記載法語尚可。
We want a satisfactory explanation of your lateness.
我們想讓你解釋一下你遲到有什么充分理由。
Character
在本句子中它的意思是:
moral strength 道德的力量; 品格; 品德
支持范例:
Mary is a woman of character. Mary是個有道德的女子。
It takes character to say a thing like that.說那樣的話需要有骨氣。
Some people think military service is character-building. 有些人認為服兵役能陶冶情操。
Situation
Situation在本句話中的意思是:
paid job 有酬勞的工作; 職業
支持范例:
find a new situation 找個新工作 Situations vacant/Situations wanted 招聘(求職)
短語歸納:
1. in a position:勝任;能夠做
2. as to:至于,關于
3. offer a situation to sb:提供某人一份工作
4. give satisfactory references:提供的令人滿意的推薦函
重點短語精學:
in a position
支持范例:
But few universities are in a position to help. 但是很少大學能夠提供幫助。
We are not in a position to entertain your claim. 咱們不能接受你們提出的索賠要求。
as to
支持范例:
As to the journey, we must decide about that later. 關于旅行的事,我們要以后再決定。
As to the reason he had given, a baby would have refused it. 至于他所說的理由,就是一個吃奶孩子也不會相信它的。