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 学个词 ---pitch in

今天我们要学的词是 pitch in. Pitch in is spelled P-I-T-C-H, pitch, and in, I-N, pitch in.

 

pitch in 的意思是努力投入、参与。 As parents feel the stress of juggling¹ working from home and home schooling² their children during the COVID-19 pandemic, grandparents are pitching in to help. 家长们在新冠病毒大流行期间感受到在家里一边上班，一边辅导孩子学习的压力，祖父母们正积极提供帮助。

 

Employees of Major League Baseball teams, including players, executives³ and stadium workers, are pitching in for a 10,000-person coronavirus study designed to map the spread of the virus in cities across America. 美国职业棒球大联盟球队的员工，包括球员、高管和体育馆工作人员，都在积极参与一项针对一万人进行的旨在了解冠状病毒在美国各城市传播情况的研究。

 

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1 juggling   

n. 欺骗, 杂耍(=jugglery) adj. 欺骗的, 欺诈的 动词juggle的现在分词

参考例句：

• He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts. 他被指控用欺骗手段窜改账目。
• The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱。

2 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

3 executives   

（公司或机构的）经理( executive的名词复数 )； （统称公司或机构的）行政领导； （政府的）行政部门； [the Executive][美国英语]（美国政府的）行政当局

参考例句：

• They have taken measures to equate the salaries of higher civil servants to those of business executives. 他们采取措施使高级文职人员的工资和企业管理干部的工资相等。
• He disregarded the advice of his executives. 他对主管层的建议置若罔闻。