工业革命前的英国（4）：单词、词组、例句

out of interest

出于兴趣

Young people tell us they choose to study history at university not only out of interest, but because they understand that history will prepare them well for a world of change, complexity and diversity. ----- the Economist

go about

着手干；做；处理

I want him back, but I just don't know how to go about it.我想让他回来，但就是不知道该怎么做才好。

From Economist: How the Belt and Road Initiative got its name >

SUPPOSE YOU wanted to imagine a new world, or even a new world order. How, then, would you go about conjuring it up? You would do well to start with a name.

on one's account:

on your own account by yourself or for yourself 靠自己; 为自己:

•Carrie decided to do a little research on her own account. 卡丽决定自己做点研究。

If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company.

•She had plans to set up in business on her own account.她计划自己创业。

但是，注意了，下面这个例句可不是这个意思哦：

The Economist 2021-02-06 Anti-capitalist tirades go viral in China:

Capitalists also want to control our cultural life,” read the most-liked comment on her account on Weibo, a microblog platform. A flood of short videos derided her claim to be self-made.

by one's account:

Something that is true by your own account is what you say is true although you have not proved it 据（某人）自己所说

By his own account, he's quite wealthy. 他自称很富有。

New Yorker 2020-12-28 The Otherworldly Comedy of Julio Torres：

Torres was born during the last years of the Salvadoran Civil War, and he has dim memories of hiding under the dining table with his mother as helicopters noisily hovered. But, by his account, his childhood in San Salvador was idyllic. The family lived in a stylish apartment above his mother’s clothing store.

rising:

成上升趋势的,

the river is rising 河水在上涨。

The school accepts children who are rising five years old.这间学校招收接近五岁的孩子。

rising star:
a person who is quickly becoming popular, successful, etc.

go on:

继续，进行，-> (时间)流逝

if something is going on, it is continuing

How much longer will this hot weather go on (for)? 这样炎热的天气还要持续多久?

Renewable energy will become progressively more important as time goes on. 随着时间的推移，可再生能源将变得愈发重要。