1. 這是什么詞?
詞:wake
英英釋義:used to say what happens after and often as a result of something
例句:In the wake of the mass shootings in New Zealand, many call for a ban on assault weapons.
2. 為什么選這個詞?
我們都很熟悉“wake”作為動詞表示“醒來”的用法,今天我們學習它作為名詞的用法。wake 作為名詞可以表示航行中船只留下的尾流、航跡,因此引申出一個表達 in the wake of 表示“隨著…而來” “作為…的結果”。當我們想表示 after 或者 as a result of 時,很多時候也可以用 in the wake of 替換。
比如食品安全問題被曝光后,管理、法規方面會有所改善,我們就可以說:
Regulations were improved in the wake of the food safety scandal.
我們可以用 in the wake of 來引出對某一事件的討論。比如新西蘭槍擊案后,許多人開始呼吁禁止攻擊性武器:
In the wake of the mass shootings in New Zealand, many call for a ban on assault weapons.
《經濟學人》中用 in the wake of 的句子比比皆是,比如最近這兩處:
1) In the wake of street protests, Mr Put in unleashed repression both online and offline.
2) For the whole of 2018 the economy grew by 2.6%, the weakest pace in a decade and far below the 7.4% recorded in 2017 in the wake of the government’s construction-led stimulus.
3. 怎樣學會使用這個詞?
1)翻譯下面的句子:
在兩次致命墜機事件后,波音的股價暴跌。
(參考翻譯:In the wake of the two deadly air crashes, Boeing’s share prices went into a tailspin.)
2)結合自己的生活、學習、工作、興趣等,想象在什么語境下會用到這個表達。先簡要描述這個場景,再造句。
例子:
場景 : In the wake of his? poor health, he made up his mind to give up smoking.