情景会话口袋书人际篇 第565期:产品介绍(3)

 　　9. The gloves were designed for extremely cold climates.

　　这些手套是为抵御严寒天气制造的。

　　还能这样说：

　　The gloves were made for cold days.

　　The gloves are made to prevent against the coldness.

　　应用解析：

　　design sth. as 打算把……作……用；

　　design on 计划进攻；

　　design an attack on 图谋攻击……；

　　design sth. for 打算用作

　　10. This is your size; it's a lovely dress and looks very smart.

　　这是您的要的尺寸，这件衣服很漂亮，非常时髦。

　　还能这样说：

　　This is the size you want. It is very beautiful and fashionable.

　　The lovely and fashionable dress which has the right size is yours.

　　应用解析：

　　That's about the size of it.

　　就是这么一回事，真实情况就是这样。

　　11. The distinction of our product is its light weight.

　　我们产品的特点就是它很轻。

　　还能这样说：

　　The characteristic of our product is that it is very light.

　　The distinguishing¹ feature of our product lies in its light weight.

　　应用解析：

　　a distinction without a difference 名义上的区别；人为的区别；

　　confer² a distinction on sb. 授予某人荣誉、勋章

　　12. You will get a 40% increase in production upon using this machine.

　　一旦使用该机器，你们将会增产40%。

　　还能这样说：

　　Your products will increase 40% once you use this machine.

　　You can increase your production at 40% upon using this machine.

　　应用解析：

　　go into production 投产；

　　make a production out of 对……做不必要的发挥；令人讨厌地对……小题大做

1 distinguishing   

a.有区别的

参考例句：

• Command of the mother tongue is the most distinguishing mark of the educated man or woman. 运用本国语言的能力是受过教育的人最明显的标志。
• A small child's confusion in distinguishing the right from the wrong is quite natural. 小孩子不明是非是很正常的。

2 confer   

vt.授予（某人）（学位或头衔）；vi.讨论，商谈

参考例句：

• They often confer together.他们经常在一起协商。
• I'll confer with him on the subject.我将和他商议这件事。