04.01【每日一词】wake

wake n.

释义:used to say what happens after and often as a result of something

wake 作为名词可以表示航行中船只留下的尾流、航迹,因此引申出一个表达 in the wake of 表示“随着…而来” “作为…的结果”。当我们想表示 after 或者 as a result of 时,很多时候也可以用 in the wake of 替换。

例① 食品安全问题被曝光后,管理、法规方面会有所改善。

Regulations were improved in the wake of the food safety scandal.

我们可以用 in the wake of 来引出对某一事件的讨论,如:

例② 新西兰枪击案后,许多人开始呼吁禁止攻击性武器:

In the wake of the mass shootings in New Zealand, many call for a ban on assault weapons.

《经济学人》中用 in the wake of 的句子比比皆是,比如最近这两处:

3) In the wake of street protests, Mr Putin unleashed repression both online and offline.

4) 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.

翻译: 在两次致命坠机事件后,波音的股价暴跌。

In the wake of the two deadly air crashes, Boeing's stock prices plummeted.

(参考翻译:In the wake of the two deadly air crashes, Boeing’s share prices went into a tailspin.)

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