Funding= the act of providing resources to finance(vt,为…提供资金,相当于fund的vt形式)a need, program, or project.
The issue of funding for Ukraine can’t be dealt with now as the House of Representatives has been frozen due to the lack of a speaker.
funding 除了作“提供资金”的名词形式讲之外,还可以作“资金”讲,可以等同于funds,不可数
There is no funding for this project.
neighbor作vt讲是“以…为邻”的意思
Egypt neighbors Gaza to the west.
make the case for解释做某事的原因
Some IELTS teachers in this conference will make the case for the techniques by which students can get a high score in the reading module without understanding the sentences they read. To me, it’s bullshit.
注意sunken不是sink的过去分词,sink的过去分词是sunk,sunken的意思是“沉入海底的”
This sunken submarine was discovered off the south-east coast of mainland China.
Airship= a power-driven aircraft that is kept buoyant by a body of gas(usually helium,formerly hydrogen)which is lighter than air.飞艇,比如基勒夫空艇;blimp是软式飞船,即没有龙骨,没有结构框架的飞艇;zeppelin是硬式飞船,有框架来控制形状
hydrogen氢,不可数;helium氦,不可数
wrapper= a piece of paper, plastic, or foil covering and protecting something sold.包装材料,可数
I need a special wrapper to match this gorgeous present.
注意cabinet是储藏室、内阁的意思,而cabin是座舱的意思(a private room or compartment on a ship;the area for passengers in an aircraft)
The cabin is more spacious in an airship than a plane.
runway,飞机跑道,可数
Airships don’t restrict themselves to operating from runways. All they need is a relatively flat space.
the lowdown on sth= the true facts or relevant information about sth,某事的真相
Nobody has got the lowdown on the assassination of the president.
注意headquarters是总部的意思,带s,而headquarter是vt,“使…设总部”的意思
Joe lives in Beijing, where his start-up iFree Inspiration English is headquartered.
注意motif的重音在后面,主题或母题的意思;rage除了作狂怒讲,也可以作时尚讲,可数
Futuristic cars and space motifs were all the rage in pop culture in the US in the 1980s.