学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3445 pinch

 今天我们要学的词是 pinch.

 

pinch 作为动词的意思是捏，掐掉。作为名词是指受压，受困。India's rural areas are feeling the pinch as the country's once booming automobile¹ sector² struggles with its worst downturn in two decades as an estimated 350,000 workers lose their jobs. 印度一度蓬勃发展的汽车行业正面临二十年来最严重的低迷，导致大约35万名工人失业，印度农村地区也深受其害。

 

German Chancellor³ Angela Merkel's government cut its 2020 growth forecast as Europe's biggest economy expects to feel the pinch from waning⁴ global demand, Brexit and lingering trade disputes. 德国总理默克尔的政府下调了2020年的增长预期，这个欧洲最大的经济体预计将受到全球需求下降、英国脱欧以及挥之不去的贸易争端带来的压力。

 

1 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

4 waning   

adj.（月亮）渐亏的，逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡

参考例句：

• Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
• The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》