今天我們要學的詞是disconnect。 Disconnect, 脫節。圣地亞哥州立大學一位心理學教授說, "She sees in today's young people a growing disconnect between self-perception and reality," 她覺得,如今年輕人的自我認識和現實狀況越來越脫節。
美國一個小城鎮的民意調查顯示,居民對政府提供的各項公共服務非常滿意,但同時卻又埋怨交稅太多,相關人士說, "There's a clear disconnect between people's expectation of public services and the need to pay for these services," 大家想得到各種公共服務,但又沒意識到這些服務要靠納稅人出錢,民眾的認識存在脫節。好的,今天我們學習的詞是disconnect...
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