英语听力精选进阶版 14303

Canadian wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Vocabulary

potential

possible or likely

laureate

a person who has been given a high-level award for their ability or achievements (such as a Nobel Prize)

finely-tuned

having made many small changes to make something as good as possible

characterised by

usually including

entirely¹

completely

Canadian-born

born in Canada; usually the suffix² '...-born' is used to show that someone was born in a place but no longer lives there

dazed

unable to think clearly

came to my senses

started thinking clearly (and understood what was happening)

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 suffix   

n.后缀；vt.添后缀

参考例句：

• We add the suffix "ly" to make the adjective "quick" into the adverb " quickly ".我们在形容词“ quick”后加“ly” 构成副词“quickly”。
• It described the meaning of suffix array and also how to built it.它描述的含义，后缀数组以及如何建立它。