20190121 seasonal

1. 这是个什么词?

词:seasonal

英英释义:happening, expected, or needed during a particular season

例句:Every year Latin Americans travel to the US to do seasonal work, such as picking fruit.

2. 为什么选这个词?

“seasonal”是形容词,意思是“节令性的、季节性的”。一般用它来形容某个季节出现的物产、现象等,在一些语境中使用会显得简洁、准确、地道。

比如某个地区一般只是夏季下雨,这种雨就是季节性的,就可以说:

This area is characterized by seasonal rains.

我们经常见到的时令性水果可以说 seasonal fruit,比如:

Seasonal fruit is widely considered one of the healthiest foods.

有的工作分忙时和闲时,比如水果的种植和收获季都是忙时,每年会有拉美人去美国采摘水果,就可以说:

Every year Latin Americans travel to the US to do seasonal work, such as picking fruit.


Seasonal fruit pickers travel to America every year and send paychecks to their families back home.

每年感恩节和圣诞节,美国的各大商场为了应对购物潮,都会雇佣临时工,今年 11 月底《经济学人》Finance and economics 版块一篇文章还专门分析了这种现象,文章摘要是这样写的:

As firms struggle with seasonal hiring, Amazon turns to automation.

文中 seasonal 出现了多次,包括这句:

J.C. Penney, a department-store chain, is luring seasonal workers by entering them in a raffle for gifts and holidays.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词?

1)翻译下面的句子:

很多旅游目的地都有旺季和淡季,旺季往往会雇佣不少季节性工人。

Many senic spots have high season and low season, and they tend to hire seasonal workers during high season.

(参考翻译:High season and low season mark many tourist destinations, which tend to hire a good number of seasonal workers. 或 Many tourist destinations have high season and low season, and tend to hire a decent amount of seasonal labor during high season.)

2)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。

例子: 梅雨是季节性的

场景 :The plum rain is seasonal.

©著作权归作者所有,转载或内容合作请联系作者
平台声明:文章内容(如有图片或视频亦包括在内)由作者上传并发布,文章内容仅代表作者本人观点,简书系信息发布平台,仅提供信息存储服务。

推荐阅读更多精彩内容

  • rljs by sennchi Timeline of History Part One The Cognitiv...
    sennchi阅读 12,150评论 0 10
  • **2014真题Directions:Read the following text. Choose the be...
    又是夜半惊坐起阅读 13,444评论 0 23
  • 本文转载自知乎 作者:季子乌 笔记版权归笔记作者所有 其中英文语句取自:英语流利说-懂你英语 ——————————...
    Danny_Edward阅读 43,997评论 4 38
  • (一) 骑着小马哒哒哒,哒哒哒,哒哒哒,骑着小马哒哒哒,哒哒哒哒哒~ 萌小关一边骑着小马一边哼着小曲儿,小眼神四处...
    小水果啦啦啦阅读 1,300评论 0 0
  • 世界上有两个我 一个在北极寻找阳光 一个在南极承受风浪 时间里也有两个我 一个在前世愈合创伤 一个在今生假装坚强
    醉世未寒生阅读 942评论 0 0