【英语词组】恋恋不忘Day4-4

outside of

A few decades ago,many people didn’t drink water outside of a meal.
几十年前，许多人不会在用餐以外的时间喝水。

connect to

Transitions should connect one paragraph to the next so that there are no abrupt or confusing shifts.
过渡性的内容将一个自然段与下一个段落连接起来，以避免突然或令人困惑的转换。
abrupt =ab（一直）ru（输）=一直输，突然赢=abrupt突然
rupture =ru（输）pture（picture画）=一直输，一气之下把画撕破裂=rupture 破裂
interrupt =inter（在里面）ru（输）pt（扑他）=输的人在赌场里面扑他，打断了赌局=interrupt 打断；打岔
bankrupt =银行输破它=bankrupt 破产的

receptive to

Just as important as being honest about yourself is being receptive to others.
和坦诚对待自己一样重要的是善待接纳他人。

(be)second only to

It has a 27% share of the market,second only to Baidu’s.
它占据了整个市场份额的27%，仅次于百度。
拓 second to last 倒数第二
second to none 不亚于任何人

middle ground

Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground.
要超越这种非对即错的文化战争逻辑就意味着我们要开辟一个折中地带。

take a/one’s stand(on sth)

In so doing they give composure to a segment of the inarticulate environment in which they take their stand.
通过这样做，他们为自身所在的不善表达的局部环境带来了沉静。
compose =共同的pose构成了社会主义=compose写作；构成=写作必须要静下心来=composure镇静
segment 段落=section部门
articulate =article文章=文章就要清楚表达思想=articulate发音清楚

hail from

This argument has attracted a lot of attention,via the success of the book Race Against the Machine,by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee,who both hail from MIT’s Center for Digital Business.
通过xxx和xxx共同的著作《同机器赛跑》一书的成功，这一观点受到人们的极大关注，两位作者都来自麻省理工的数字化经济中心。

at work

As for Lina,she said,“I feel like I can be more myself than I have ever been and enjoying every minute of that at home or at work.”
至于丽娜，她说，“我感觉我比以前更能活出自我，我享受这样的每一分钟，不论是在家还是在工作的地方。”

lead to

This could lead to the rats better remembering having freed it earlier,and wanting the robot to return the favour when they get trapped,say Quinn.
奎因说，这可能会让老鼠更好的记住早些时候把它放出来的事，并希望它们被困的时候，机器老鼠能回报它们。

keep from doing sth

There’s probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or"we wake up in a panic,"Cartwright says.
卡特赖说，说到底，如果没有使我无法入眠或“从梦中惊醒”，就没有理由太在意它。、

all of a sudden

When you start a conversation from there and then move outwards,you will find all of a sudden that the conversation becomes a lot easier.
当你从这里向外拓展话题时，突然，你就会发现对话变容易很多。
conversation 对话
conservation 保存；保守