?coveted

coveted發(fā)音

['kʌvit]

英：　　美：

coveted中文意思翻譯

v.覬覦, 垂涎, 貪圖

coveted詞形變化

動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式: coveted | 形容詞: covetable | 動(dòng)詞第三人稱(chēng)單數: covets | 副詞: covetingly | 動(dòng)詞過(guò)去分詞: coveted | 名詞: coveter | 動(dòng)詞現在分詞: coveting |

coveted常見(jiàn)例句

1 、Winner of several coveted Obie Awards, Tintypes is a treasure chest of popular tunes from the time when sheet music was king.───囊括多項奧普獎座的[錫版]，在古典音樂(lè )為主的時(shí)代中，集結雖不正統，但在動(dòng)蕩不安的時(shí)代中，卻多少撫慰人心的民族音樂(lè )。

2 、He has bigger plans in mind, to help the film gain nods for more coveted awards, after it hits American theaters early next year.───他有自己的大計劃，在這部影片明年初在美國上映后，他將協(xié)助這部影片獲得更多的獎項。

3 、He does not object to tradition nor covet the "a la mode".He only seeks to devote his life to artistic endeavors.───不排斥傳統也不慕求現代，將整個(gè)生命投入他的藝術(shù)創(chuàng )作里。

4 、And also not the marquee client we covet.─── 同樣也不是我們的目標客戶(hù)

5 、Can much suggestion sex includes " rejuvenescent " , time feeling is lost, exaggerated covet and inspect richly psychedelic.───可有大量暗示性包括“返老還童”，時(shí)間感喪失、夸大妄想及豐富的視幻覺(jué)。

6 、You shall not covet the neighbor's goods.───你不可貪戀鄰舍的財物。

7 、Professionally, he has been tested by that same International Society of Logistics Engineers and awarded their coveted Certified Professional Logistician (CPL) designation.───專(zhuān)業(yè)上（來(lái)說(shuō)），他已經(jīng)通過(guò)國際社會(huì )的物流工程師并且被授予（很多人夢(mèng)寐以求）認可物流師資格（CPL）。

8 、He continued to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it, the more he seemed to covet it.───他還在凝視著(zhù)那張畫(huà)；他越看就把它抓得越牢，他也似乎越想得到它。

9 、Collectors are right to covet his work.─── 收藏他的作品是正確的選擇

10 、It is bursting with the commodities coveted by the rising economies of Asia, from soya to iron ore.───亞洲經(jīng)濟的上升，引發(fā)了從大豆到鐵礦石等商品的大量需求。

11 、You may care for the robes you covet.─── 你要負責那些你垂涎的長(cháng)袍

12 、There was a considerable possibility that one of them would beat Bannister to the coveted record.───他們都有可能奪走班尼斯特夢(mèng)寐以求的紀錄。

13 、Only the bravest and smartest of the Fallen attain the coveted training required to rise to the position of Shaman.───只有最勇敢、聰明的沉淪魔才能通過(guò)試煉而成為巫師。

14 、Because I know that you covet your privacy.─── 我知道你極度重視個(gè)人隱私

15 、If you're a corporate giant with billions in cash, there's good news in the fear spreading around Silicon Valley. All those startups with technology you coveted? Fire sale!!!───假如你是一個(gè)擁有著(zhù)幾十億現金的公司，恐慌彌漫的硅谷里對你來(lái)說(shuō)有好消息了。所有的這些新興科技都讓你垂涎嗎？猛烈出售吧??！

16 、Any "speed," can only accelerate the failure covet!───任何“求快”的非分之想只能加速失??！

17 、World rich met 2010 approach, your the hotel market that covet of more and more world-famous hotel group expand increasingly at Shanghai.───2010年世博會(huì )的逼近，令越來(lái)越多的國際聞名酒店集團垂涎于上海日益壯大的酒店市場(chǎng)。

18 、He has coveted after the chairmanship for years.───他覦議長(cháng)職位好幾年了。

19 、They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them.? They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.───他們貪圖田地就占據，貪圖房屋便奪??；他們欺壓人，霸占房屋和產(chǎn)業(yè)。

20 、Among the most coveted items on the military's wish list is aspaceplane--a reusable, unmanned vehicle that could be launched on short notice.───軍方的計劃表中最渴望得到的還是太空飛機，這是一種可再利用的無(wú)人駕駛飛行器，能夠迅速發(fā)射。

21 、"We covet what we see every day.───“我們垂涎每天看到的東西?！?/p>

22 、For that, you've earned the coveted threeday weekend.─── 特此準許你們放三天的長(cháng)周末

23 、He won the coveted position.───他得到了人人都向往的職位。

24 、He all but coveted the pleasant drawing-room.───他幾乎渴望那種舒適的客廳。

25 、In order to ensure smooth and efficient logistics system, Bertelsmann to win the coveted Dangdang bookstores, and other network has long been the exclusive zip code.───為了保證順暢快捷的物流體系，貝塔斯曼爭取到了當當等網(wǎng)絡(luò )書(shū)店覬覦已久的專(zhuān)屬郵政編碼。

26 、Police Det.Joe Miller was introduced to the Motel Room when a fatally shot young man gave him one of the most powerful and coveted Objects of them all: the Key to the Motel Room.───一個(gè)帶著(zhù)嚴重**傷的年輕人交給警察喬?米勒其中的一件物品,這是所有物品當中最有力量也最為人所垂涎的房間的鑰匙。

27 、Seek not greatness for yourself, covet not honor more than your learning, crave not for royal tables.───不要為自己追求尊榮。不要覬覦你的學(xué)識所不及的榮耀。不要妄念帝王的餐桌。

28 、Ther other boys coveted his new bat.───其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。

29 、Never covet wealth and power.───切勿貪圖財富和權力。

30 、LECTER No, he covets. That's his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer.───不,他貪求。那是天性。我們是怎么起的貪念?

31 、Do not covet her beauty in your heart or let her captivate you with her looks.───不讓你的心貪戀她的美色，不讓她的秋波迷惑你，

32 、This is something that he is a little nervous about since he is also vying for the coveted Taiwan Most Popular Artiste award.───加之此次他也參加了臺灣最受歡迎藝人獎項的角逐，都讓他有點(diǎn)小小的緊張。

33 、Creativity is a much coveted asset for a very simple reason: an idea that transcends orthodoxy has the power to bring wealth, fame and status.───創(chuàng )造性是一種夢(mèng)寐以求的財富，原因很簡(jiǎn)單：一種超越正統學(xué)說(shuō)的觀(guān)點(diǎn)擁有收獲財富，名聲和地位的力量。

34 、And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.───他們貪圖田地就占據。貪圖房屋便奪取。他們欺壓人,霸占房屋和產(chǎn)業(yè)。

35 、You( P) lust, and don't have. You( P) kill, covet, and can't obtain. You( P) fight and make war. You( P) don't have, because you( P) don't ask.───你們貪戀，還是得不著(zhù)；你們殺害嫉妒，又斗毆爭戰，也不能得。你們得不著(zhù)，是因為你們不求。

36 、China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all.───中國是一塊肥肉，誰(shuí)都想吃。

37 、You would not be my daughter if you didn't covet what you cannot have.─── 如果你不貪圖無(wú)法擁有的東西 你就不是我的女兒

38 、My hair is a coveted nesting material.─── 我的頭發(fā)是鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)夢(mèng)寐以求的筑巢材料

39 、The furthest distance in the world is not between rich and needy but when i covet at the bank yet i can't get the money.───世界上最遙遠的距離不是貧富差距,而是我看著(zhù)銀行的鈔票卻拿不到手。

40 、But as the owner of a standard minivan, I also covet a less touted benefit of electric engines: they are delightfully quiet.───但身為七人座休旅車(chē)的車(chē)主，我還相當欣賞電動(dòng)馬達另一個(gè)較少被提及的優(yōu)點(diǎn)：比較安靜。

41 、He smashed Waldner with his fierce attacks and excellent backhand to realize China's dream of wi ing back the most coveted Swaythling Cup.───他用猛烈的進(jìn)攻和絕妙的反手球戰勝了瓦爾德內爾，實(shí)現了中國重奪最令人矚目的斯韋思林杯的夢(mèng)想。

42 、They were carried by the most beautiful celebrities and coveted by fashionable women.───全球最美麗的名人拿著(zhù)這些包，最時(shí)尚的女性對此覬覦已久。

43 、Covet not a gold-threaded robe. Cherish only your young days!───勸君莫惜金縷衣， 勸君惜取少年時(shí)。

44 、You shall not covet your neighbor's house.───不可貪愛(ài)你鄰舍的房屋；

45 、He won the prize they all coveted.───他贏(yíng)得了他們大家都渴望得到的獎品。

46 、He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician.───他一直渴望有機會(huì )與著(zhù)名音樂(lè )家一起工作。

47 、Difficult differentiate of around true and false, nevertheless covet trade searchs Alibaba engine is not fathomless.───前后真假難辨，不過(guò)阿里巴巴垂涎商貿搜索引擎并不難理解。

48 、But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.───你們要切切的求那更大的恩賜，我現今把最妙的道指示你們。

49 、Never covet shoes' beauty while torment your feet.───切莫只貪圖鞋的華貴，而委屈了自己的腳。

50 、He achieved a peace agreement with military rebels and the secessionist MNLF, for which he won the coveted 1997 UNESCO Peace Award --- the first for Asians.───與分離的摩洛族達成了民族解放陣線(xiàn)，拉莫斯于1997年獲得了聯(lián)合國教科文組織頒發(fā)的和平獎，成為亞洲第一個(gè)獲此殊榮的人。

51 、And his reward this week was a coveted recall to the Azzurri squad for the forthcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers.───他的本周歐洲最佳球員的殊榮似乎對于在2008歐洲杯資格賽上表現糟糕的意大利國家隊來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)福音。

52 、Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.───只是非因律法，我就不知何為罪。非律法說(shuō)，“不可起貪心”，我就不知何為貪心。

53 、Ronaldo, who beat Klose to the coveted award at Korea/Japan 2002, will take away another unforgettable memory from Germany 2006.───在2002年韓/日世界盃賽上擊敗克洛澤，奪取令人垂涎的最佳射手獎的羅納爾多在2006年德國世界盃賽上還創(chuàng )下了一項難忘的紀錄。

54 、South China Sea, China's original territory, has been coveted and meddled in frequently by some countries because of its important economic and strategic values in recent years.───南中國海本是中國的領(lǐng)土,但由于其重要的經(jīng)濟及戰略?xún)r(jià)值,使其成為一些國家覬覦并紛紛**手的對象。

55 、And in no other realm is the search for the best deal more coveted than in the new car dealership.───從新車(chē)經(jīng)銷(xiāo)商那里獲得最好的買(mǎi)賣(mài)要比從任何別處都更令人垂涎。

56 、Cranky condition is not had with highlighting cranky covet psychedelic for the characteristic.───偏執狀態(tài)以突出偏執妄想而無(wú)幻覺(jué)為特點(diǎn)。

57 、The Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.───亞洲人民渴望開(kāi)創(chuàng )自己的自由生活的現實(shí)，這十分重要。

58 、You will always covet what your brother has.─── 你永遠都會(huì )覬覦你弟弟的東西

59 、He has coveted this treasure chest for a long time.───他對這箱子財寶早已垂涎三尺了。

60 、That has made Scola a coveted prospect.───使得電視臺覬覦的一個(gè)前景。

61 、And he slandered him, because he coveted his kingdom.───他誣枉亞歷山大，是因為他垂涎他的國土。

62 、Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.───其上的金銀，你不可貪圖，也不可收取，免得你因此陷入網(wǎng)羅。這原是耶和華你神所憎惡的。

63 、With hard work and lots of practice, Vocab caught the eye of the judges and earned the coveted Most Improved Player award.───他的努力與練習讓評審們眼睛為之一亮，也讓他把今年的最佳進(jìn)步獎帶回家。

64 、Asia and Europe also dominate the judging panel for the coveted Palme d’Or for best film.───亞洲和歐洲在評選委員會(huì )中對于選出受人覬覦的金棕櫚獎?wù)紦鲗唷?/p>

65 、Do not have commonly psychedelic with covet.───一般無(wú)幻覺(jué)和妄想。

66 、"I covet nothing," said Mr. Skimpole, in the same light gaiety.───“我什么也不貪圖”，斯金波先生說(shuō)話(huà)的時(shí)候，還是那樣快活。

67 、That dude covets my second wife, and now he's coveting my hot water.─── 那家伙搞了我小老婆 現在又搞我的熱水

68 、Plus, making enough money to provide food, shelter and coveted designer jeans; changing diapers (or finding someone else who will); and surviving 100 years of back-talk.───同時(shí)，還要掙足夠的錢(qián)給孩子買(mǎi)吃的，住的，以及他們夢(mèng)寐以求的名牌牛仔褲；換尿布(或者找到別人換)；忍受孩子100年的出言不遜。

69 、Throughout history there have been many who coveted the knowledge of The Secret, and there have been many who found a way of spreading this knowledge to the world.───歷史上許多人都覬覦這個(gè)秘密的內容,許多人已經(jīng)找到向世界傳播這個(gè)內容的途徑。

70 、Never covet what is not yours, for it is a sin to steal a pin.───不是自己的東西就不要妄想，即使是偷一根針也是一種罪過(guò)。

71 、The marriages of the first generation members in Cleary household all were coveted marriages, they marriage only for something.───可克利里家族第一代成員的婚姻都是有所貪圖的婚姻，都是有目的才結婚的。

72 、He smashed Waldner with his fierce attacks and excellent backhand to realize China's dream of winning back the most coveted Swaythling Cup.───他用猛烈的進(jìn)攻和絕妙的反手球戰勝了瓦爾德內爾,實(shí)現了中國重奪最令人矚目的斯韋思林杯的夢(mèng)想。

73 、But the legality of their coveted business model must remain in doubt, until the law of the search engine is tamed by at least a couple of lawsuits.───但是，至少在幾宗訴訟案讓搜索引擎法規范之前，微軟等公司所覬覦的這一業(yè)務(wù)模式，其合法性必定還是令人生疑。

74 、He smashed Person with his fierce attacks and excellent backhand to realize China's dream of winning back the most coveted Swaythling Cup.───他用兇狠的進(jìn)攻和絕妙的反手球戰勝了佩爾森，實(shí)現了中國重奪最令人矚目的斯韋思林杯的夢(mèng)想。

75 、Smaller parties covet the most lucrative ministries, and the larger parties, simply to stay in power, are obliged to concede these to them.───一些小黨想得到一些肥缺，而大黨為了掌權也只能讓步。

76 、He coveted an opportunity of talking to the stranger.───他盼望著(zhù)能和怪客交談一次。

77 、Huntelaar is one of Europe's most coveted attacking talents, as his exploits for Ajax have seen him likened to fellow Holland international Ruud van Nistelrooy.───亨特拉爾是歐洲最炙手可熱的攻擊型球員之一，鑒于他為阿賈克斯做出的貢獻，他經(jīng)常被拿來(lái)與范尼作比較。

78 、But then you've always coveted that which is not yours to have.─── 但你總是垂涎 不屬于你的女人

79 、Change of a gang outlaw comes Guilin is not the landscape of covet beauty, however brazenly does " big company " .───一幫不法之徒竄至桂林并不是貪圖美麗的山水,而是明目張膽辦起“大公司”。

80 、He never once took the name of the lord his God in vain, committed adultery or coveted his neighbor 's ass.───他從不褻瀆上帝的名字，從不和人通奸，從不想去勾引鄰居的老婆。

81 、They are this year's winners of the coveted trophy(= that everyone would like to win).───他們是人人都向往的本年度獲獎?wù)摺?/p>

82 、With some pull from a helicopter friend, the cloud gets his wish and dons the coveted big blue hat.───但不管他如何努力,云的特性似乎阻礙了他的職權行使。

83 、He could be employed on the right side of midfield but both Hamit Altintop and Bastian Schweinsteiger covet that position.───他可受聘的右邊中場(chǎng)但托普阿爾滕托普和施魏因斯泰格覬覦這一立場(chǎng)。

84 、Also used by bored amateurs as the next thing to covet for purchase.───同時(shí)也被無(wú)聊的愛(ài)好者作為下一個(gè)購買(mǎi)目標。

85 、That you have used every ruthlessstratagem to win the much - coveted promotion hasn't endeared you to your rivals.───你為得到渴望的晉升,所使用的每一個(gè)無(wú)情的計謀,并沒(méi)有為你贏(yíng)得比你對手更多的好感。

86 、When I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle of Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them.───21我在所奪的財物中，看見(jiàn)一件美好的示拿衣服、二百舍客勒銀子、一條金子重五十舍客勒，我貪圖這些物件，便拿去了。

87 、You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want.You quarrel and fight.───你們殺害嫉妒，又斗毆爭戰，也不能得。

88 、He was not perfect, so you have to keep the other men coveted.───他不完美，令你不時(shí)要覬覦其他男人。

89 、He thinks it's a sin to covet other's properties.───他認為貪圖他人的財物是有罪的。

90 、The stronger neighbouring countries always have coveted this town.───周邊國家中較強大一些的一直覬覦這個(gè)城鎮。

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PEACOCKS strut; bowerbirds build lovenests; spiders gift-wrap flies in silk. Such courtship rituals play an important role in what Charles Darwin called sexual selection: when the female of a species bears most of the costs of reproduction, males use extravagant displays and gifts to demonstrate their “reproductive fitness” and females choose between them. For human males, shards of a crystalline form of carbon often feature. A diamond engagement ring signals a man’s taste, wealth and commitment, all to persuade a woman that he is a good bet.

孔雀昂首闊步；園丁鳥(niǎo)建起愛(ài)巢；蜘蛛吐絲把蒼蠅包起來(lái)作為禮物。這樣的求愛(ài)儀式在達爾維所說(shuō)的“性選擇”中扮演著(zhù)重要的角色：當一個(gè)物種的詞性為繁殖承擔了大部分代價(jià)時(shí)，雄性會(huì )極盡炫耀之能事，并伴之以禮物，來(lái)展現自己的“生殖適合度”，而雌性則會(huì )從它們當中挑選。對男性而言，碳晶體碎顆粒往往是求愛(ài)過(guò)程的重頭戲。一枚訂婚鉆戒彰顯一個(gè)男人的品味、財富和承諾，所有這些都是為了讓女人相信他是個(gè)好的選擇。

Strut  趾高氣揚地走：He struts around town like he owns the place.他在城里趾高氣揚地走著(zhù)，好像他擁有著(zhù)這地方似的。

它可以是及物動(dòng)詞，表示支撐，撐開(kāi)，比如：The holes were close-boarded and strutted.那些洞被木板緊密?chē)獠⒓佑兄巍?/p>

它可以做名詞，表示建筑物的支柱，比如：...the struts of a suspension bridge.…一座懸索橋的支柱。

gift-wrap ：用花紙(或緞帶等裝飾品)包裝(用作禮物的商品)；把…包裝得美觀(guān)花哨。

Ritual 宗教儀式; 典禮。這個(gè)詞還有形容詞性，儀式性的，傳統的，比如：..fasting and ritual dancing.…齋戒和儀式性舞蹈。

sexual selection  性選擇，不能翻譯成“性別選擇”，性選擇和性別選擇是兩個(gè)概念。性別選擇是sex selection，一般是指人工選擇胎兒的性別。

Display 動(dòng)物求偶的炫耀行為，比如：The teal were indulging in delightful courtship displays野鴨忘情地做著(zhù)愉快的求愛(ài)動(dòng)作。

Shard : （玻璃、陶瓷或金屬的）碎片；Crystalline: 晶體的，水晶般的，比如：Diamond is the crystalline form of the element carbon.鉆石是碳元素的晶體結構。

Feature 這里是不及物動(dòng)詞，意思是，（在……中）起重要作用，比如：The latest movies from British directors feature in the current film season.由英國導演執導的最新影片是這個(gè)**季的重頭戲。

bet ：（非正式）有可能成功的人選（或備選行動(dòng)），比如：Tom looked a good bet for victory.看上去湯姆是一個(gè)很有成功希望的人選

Your best bet is to call the official liquidators.找官方的資產(chǎn)清算人應是你的首選。

This particular courtship gift was dreamed up by an ad agency for De Beers, the cartel that sold almost all of the world’s diamonds throughout the 20th century. In the 1930s it started to promote a link between diamonds and marriage. Diamonds’ unmatched hardness would symbolise love’s endurance and their “fire”, or brilliance, its passion. Two months’ salary, the firm suggested, was what the ring should cost—a good investment since, as the admen said, “A diamond is forever.”

鉆石作為求愛(ài)禮物是一家**公司為戴比爾斯(De Beers) 編織的想象。整個(gè)20世紀全世界幾乎所有的鉆石都由這一壟斷組織售出。20世紀30年代，它開(kāi)始宣傳鉆石和婚姻之間的聯(lián)系。鉆石無(wú)與倫比的硬度象征著(zhù)愛(ài)的恒久，而鉆石的“火彩”即光彩則象征著(zhù)愛(ài)的熱烈。該公司建議，男士們應該花兩個(gè)月的薪水來(lái)買(mǎi)一枚戒指，而且就像**詞所說(shuō)的那樣，“鉆石恒久遠，一顆永流傳”，買(mǎi)鉆戒還會(huì )是個(gè)不錯的投資。

Dream up : 虛構出; 憑空設想出。I dreamed up a plan to solve both problems at once.我想出了一個(gè)可以立刻解決這兩個(gè)問(wèn)題的計劃。

Cartel 卡特爾; 同業(yè)聯(lián)盟。...a drug cartel.…藥業(yè)聯(lián)盟。

 “卡特爾”這個(gè)詞現在也被賦予了壟斷企業(yè)集團的意義：壟斷利益集團、壟斷聯(lián)盟、企業(yè)聯(lián)合、同業(yè)聯(lián)盟（Cartel）也稱(chēng)卡特爾，是壟斷組織的一種表現形式，是由一系列生產(chǎn)類(lèi)似產(chǎn)品的企業(yè)組成的聯(lián)盟，通過(guò)某些協(xié)議或規定來(lái)控制該產(chǎn)品的產(chǎn)量和價(jià)格。

Diamonds’ unmatched hardness would symbolise love’s endurance and their “fire”, or brilliance, its passion.這是一個(gè) 謂語(yǔ)省略結構 。如果后句謂語(yǔ)部分與前句謂語(yǔ)部分完全一樣，后句謂語(yǔ)部分就可以全部省略。例如：

John is eating an apple and Petter（is eating） an orange．約翰在吃蘋(píng)果，彼得在吃桔子。

Some turned to the left and others（turned） to the right．一些向左轉，而另一些向右轉。

Mary looked sad； but Tom（looked） happy．瑪麗看上去悲哀，但湯姆卻高興。

Reading means a full man； conference（means）a ready man；and writing （means） an exact man．閱讀使人知識豐富，辯論使人頭腦敏捷，書(shū)寫(xiě)使人精確。

這句也是省略了謂語(yǔ)，如果補充完整就是 their “fire”, or brilliance, would symbolize its passion.

Or brilliance是個(gè)**入語(yǔ)，fire和brilliance還有hardness都是鉆石方面的專(zhuān)業(yè)術(shù)語(yǔ)，火彩、亮度、硬度。要按照這個(gè)名詞去翻譯。其他和鉆石品質(zhì)相關(guān)的術(shù)語(yǔ)還有：凈度 Clarity, 克拉重量 Carat 切工 Cut。

Now, that promise is dimming. Though a growing Chinese middle class will probably prop up demand for a while, millennials in Western countries seem keener on memorable experiences than on bling. Diamonds’ image has been blemished by some being mined in warzones and sold to pay for the fighting. Meanwhile, laboratory-grown “synthetic” diamonds, long fit only for industrial use, are becoming good enough to compete with gems from out of the ground.

現在，這一允諾暗淡下來(lái)。盡管日漸壯大的中國中產(chǎn)階級可能會(huì )在一段時(shí)間里支撐起需求，但比起錦衣美鉆，西方國家的千禧一代似乎更熱衷難忘的經(jīng)歷。有些鉆石是在戰亂地區開(kāi)采的，賣(mài)掉它們是為戰爭買(mǎi)單，鉆石的形象因此沾上污點(diǎn)。與此同時(shí)，在實(shí)驗室里制成、一直以來(lái)僅適用于工業(yè)用途的“合成”鉆石，正變得足以與地下出產(chǎn)的寶石相媲美。

Promise 此處是雙關(guān)。一個(gè)是承諾，上文闡述的鉆石與婚姻愛(ài)情之間的聯(lián)系，鉆石恒久遠的這種承諾。Promise還有前途前景的意思，對應上文說(shuō)的a good investment，所謂好投資就是升值前景好，而且后面也在說(shuō)鉆石受到了各方的沖擊，說(shuō)明這個(gè)投資前景可能不樂(lè )觀(guān)了。

Though a growing Chinese middle class will probably prop up demand for a while, millennials in Western countries seem keener on memorable experiences than on bling.

意群先劃分一下：

Though（引導讓步狀語(yǔ)從句） /a growing Chinese middle class （從句主語(yǔ)）/will probably prop up （從句謂語(yǔ)）/demand （賓語(yǔ)）/for a while（時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)）, millennials in Western countries /（主句主語(yǔ)）seem keener on （主句謂語(yǔ)）/memorable experiences than on bling.

Bling 奢華高檔的首飾或服裝：Big-name jewellers are battling it out to get celebrities to wear their bling.大牌珠寶商們?yōu)榱俗屆藗兇魉麄兊母邫n首飾正在一爭高下。

...gangsta rap's love of bling-bling.…匪幫說(shuō)唱樂(lè )手對奢華高檔服飾的熱愛(ài)。

這里就是指鉆石了。

Blemish : 破壞……的完美外觀(guān)，玷污，可引申為損害：My main problem was a blemished skin. 我的主要問(wèn)題是皮膚有瑕疵。

Mine 采掘：The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically.那個(gè)煤礦要關(guān)閉了，因為儲量不足，難以經(jīng)濟開(kāi)采。

But the long-term threat to diamonds’ lustre is more surprising: that their price could plummet. In recent years regulators (and market forces) have undermined De Beers’s cartel by limiting the share of other producers’ stones that it can buy. Now responsible for just a third of global sales, the company can no longer manage supply by stockpiling gems when demand turns down. It is spending less on advertising, since it no longer gets the lion’s share of the benefits. But the very value of diamonds lies in being scarce and coveted—that is, costly.

不過(guò)光彩奪目的鉆石所面臨的長(cháng)期威脅要更令人驚訝：它們的價(jià)格可能會(huì )暴跌。最近幾年監管機構（和市場(chǎng)力量）對戴比爾斯從其他生產(chǎn)商處購買(mǎi)鉆石的份額做出限制，削弱了它的壟斷力量?，F在這家公司的銷(xiāo)售量?jì)H占全球的三分之一，已無(wú)法通過(guò)在需求下降時(shí)囤積寶石來(lái)管理供應。它的**支出也在減少，因為它已不再占有最大份額的收益。但是鉆石的價(jià)值恰恰在于它的稀有和人們對它的渴求，換言之，就是它的昂貴。

By limiting的邏輯主語(yǔ)應該是主句主語(yǔ)，也就是監管機構，是監管機構通過(guò)限制的方式，而不是這家公司去限制。

Stones 這里就是鉆石。大概總結一下這篇文章到這里總共用了多少個(gè)詞替換鉆石相關(guān)的名詞，gem, diamond, bling, stone, shards of a crystalline form of carbon. 平時(shí)自己看外刊的時(shí)候，也可以注意積累一下這種同類(lèi)詞的替換表達。

這里需要科普一個(gè)商業(yè)邏輯，也是當年這家公司的操盤(pán)手段。上世紀30年代，戴比爾斯發(fā)展成國際性鉆石礦業(yè)公司，以其卓越的組織里和龐大的財力，聯(lián)合各國獨立礦山，形成一個(gè)采購與銷(xiāo)售有控制力的大機構，在鉆石的供求量上予以調節，在經(jīng)濟蕭條時(shí)緊縮鉆石的供應量，以維持鉆石的價(jià)格不致下跌。在經(jīng)濟景氣時(shí)放寬鉆石的供應量，以滿(mǎn)足市場(chǎng)需求，并抑制鉆石價(jià)格的過(guò)分上漲，使鉆石價(jià)格維持著(zhù)穩定增長(cháng)的勢頭，使鉆石成為值得人們信任的投資。

這句話(huà)的大意是，從前，這家公司賣(mài)出了上世紀全世界的鉆石，但如今份額只有三分之一了，說(shuō)明它就算再怎么囤積，也只能控制頂多全球三分之一的供應量，無(wú)法再像以前一樣呼風(fēng)喚雨了。這就是market forces的作用。加上前一句說(shuō)的監管機構的反壟斷手段，限制它從其他制造商那里囤貨，所以它的經(jīng)營(yíng)雪上加霜了。

Stockpile  大量?jì)洌篜eople are stockpiling food for the coming winter.人們正在為即將到來(lái)的冬天大量?jì)涫澄铩?/p>

Responsible for  這里頗有點(diǎn)“承擔”的意思：Gooch was responsible for 198 of his side’s 542 runs.古奇得了本隊542（跑動(dòng)）得分中的198分。

Lion’s share  最大份額，可以聯(lián)想中文里的“獅子大開(kāi)口”：Military and nuclear research have received the lion's share of public funding.軍事研究和核研究得到了公共資助里最大的份額。

Converted 令人垂涎的：Allan Little from Radio 4 took the coveted title of reporter of the year.第4電臺的艾倫·利特爾獲得了令人垂涎的年度記者的頭銜。

...one of sport's most coveted trophies.…體育界最令人向往的獎杯之一。

In the jargon, they are “Veblen goods”, named after a 19th-century economist: prestige-enhancing trinkets for which a higher price encourages buyers. With most products, lower prices increase demand; with diamonds, they could kill it. Greater equality for women might seem to render male-courtship displays redundant. But mating preferences evolved over millennia and will not change quickly. If diamonds were to cease being a way to signal a man’s marriageability, what might take their place?

用行話(huà)說(shuō)，它們屬于“凡勃倫商品 (Veblen goods，以19世紀的一位經(jīng)濟學(xué)家的名字命名)”，指的是那種提高名望的小玩意兒，價(jià)格越高越能激發(fā)人們的購買(mǎi)欲。對于大多數商品來(lái)說(shuō)，價(jià)格降低會(huì )提升需求；但對鉆石來(lái)說(shuō)，低價(jià)卻可能扼殺需求。女性地位的提升看似令男性求偶的炫耀行為變得多余。但人類(lèi)的擇偶偏好歷經(jīng)數千年的演化，并不會(huì )迅速發(fā)生改變。如果鉆石不再是一個(gè)男人適合結婚的信號，那什么會(huì )成為它的替代品？

jargon  行話(huà)：The manual is full of the jargon and slang of self-improvement courses.該手冊中滿(mǎn)是自我完善課程的行話(huà)和俚語(yǔ)。

Veblen good , 韋伯倫商品(Veblen Good)，又稱(chēng)炫耀財，是經(jīng)濟學(xué)上用以描述一種商品，其特色是商品需求與商品價(jià)格成正向關(guān)系，而非正常需求法則的反向關(guān)系。這種商品能滿(mǎn)足人類(lèi)的虛榮心，是財富與地位的炫耀，故稱(chēng)為炫耀性消費(Conspicuous consumption)。此名詞源于其概念提出者托斯丹·范伯倫(Thorstein Veblen)。價(jià)格高昂的寶石、名車(chē)、名牌精品等奢侈品皆為韋伯倫商品的例子。

Name after  可以是因……而得名，以誰(shuí)的名字命名，名字取自誰(shuí)。

Prestige-enhancing 從字面理解是提升名望，意思就是說(shuō)，你擁有的這個(gè)東西能夠提升你的名望地位，讓你很有面子，這就是“炫耀財”。

Trinke   價(jià)廉物美的首飾; 廉價(jià)小裝飾物

With most products, lower prices increase demand; with diamonds, they could kill it. 

With 在這里的意思是“在……方面”。

Render  使成為; 使變得：It contained so many errors as to render it worthless.太多的錯誤使之變得毫無(wú)價(jià)值。

If diamonds were to cease being a way to signal a man’s marriageability, what might take their place?

Were to  這是一個(gè)虛擬，如果省略if，were要提前倒裝。

A different gift, perhaps. In China skewed sex ratios mean that a prospective bridegroom must own an apartment and shower his future in-laws with cash. But a glittering stone goes to the woman, not her family. And it is more than a gift: it is a status symbol, demonstrating that even as a man approaches（著(zhù)手處理） the expenses of married life, he can still splash out on a bauble. Or a man could rely on more generic forms of display, such as a fancy degree, good job or sharp suit. But these can impress one woman as easily as another, or several simultaneously. He must show commitment—a need not unique to courtship. Salvadoran gangsters get extravagant tattoos; Japanese yakuza cut off a fingertip. These visible signs of allegiance make it hard to defect, and impose heavy costs. But as marriage proposals they would fall short. Few women would feel proud to carry around their fiancé’s severed pinkie.

或許是另一種形式的禮物。中國性別比例失衡，導致男性要當新郎必須得有房，此外還需向未來(lái)的岳父母奉上大筆現金。不過(guò)一顆閃閃發(fā)光的石頭是送給女人的，并不是她的娘家。而且它不僅僅是一份禮物，還是一種身份的象征，表明即便一個(gè)男人要開(kāi)始養家糊口了，他仍然會(huì )為一件小玩意一擲千金?；蛘?，男人也可以依賴(lài)更通用的炫耀形式，比如高學(xué)歷、好工作或是一身考究的西裝。但這些可以打動(dòng)一個(gè)女人，也可以打動(dòng)另一個(gè)，或是同時(shí)打動(dòng)好幾個(gè)。他必須有所行動(dòng)，以顯示自己的忠誠。這一點(diǎn)不僅僅在求偶時(shí)才需要，比如薩爾瓦多的黑幫成員就會(huì )刺上繁復的紋身，日本的黑社會(huì )成員則要切掉一節手指。這些一望而知的效忠記號讓人很難變節，為之付出的代價(jià)也很高昂，但作為求婚信物它們都還不夠。極少會(huì )有女人覺(jué)得帶著(zhù)未婚夫切下來(lái)的小指頭是件值得驕傲的事。

Skewed 曲解; 歪曲：The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the fall in the cost of other fuels.對核運行費用的計算因其他燃料費用的下降而出現了偏差。

Shower with  大量給予

我們可以做些什么來(lái)保護朱鹮,英語(yǔ)作文

As we all know, trees are the home of birds, and also the places of entertainment for birds. Nowadays, the deforestation and destruction of forests are more serious, leading to the destruction of the homes of birds this time, and the birds are homeless, just like people without a real home. Birds are our friends, which helps to keep the ecological cycle running well.

The government should take some emergency measures to deal with it, and we should also protect birds.

中文翻譯：

眾所周知，樹(shù)木是鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)的家園，也是鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)的娛樂(lè )場(chǎng)所，如今，森林被砍伐破壞得更為嚴重，導致鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)的家園在這一次遭到破壞，鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)無(wú)家可歸，就像沒(méi)有真正的家園的人一樣。鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)是我們的朋友，有助于保持生態(tài)循環(huán)的良好運轉，政府應該采取一些緊急措施來(lái)應對，我們也應該保護鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)。