2019-04-08 influx

1. 这是个什么词？

词：influx

英英释义：the arrival of large numbers of people or large amounts of money, goods etc, especially suddenly

例句：India is welcoming a huge influx of venture capital from China.

2. 为什么选这个词？

“influx”是可数名词，意思是“大量涌入”。从它的意义我们可以得出，它后面接的对象比较有限，一般是人、资金、商品等。这个词的特点是它的表达准确，可以突出大量和集中。下面通过几个例子来掌握这个词。

虽然 influx 本身就有“大量涌入”的意思，不过也常和形容量级的形容词搭配使用，比如 great/massive/huge。比如欧洲国家最近几年都在头疼怎样应对大量涌入的中东难民，我们就可以说：

European countries have been troubled in recent years as to how to handle a great influx of refugees from the Middle East.

现在印度互联网市场发展迅猛，很多中国投资人开始投资印度，因此印度有大量资本涌入。我们可以用 influx 描写这种现象：

India is welcoming a huge influx of venture capital from China.

如果哪天朝鲜对外开放了，肯定会一下子涌入很多商品、技术和资本。想表达这个意思就可以说：

When North Korea opens up to the outside world one day, there will be an influx of goods, technology, and capital.

最近《经济学人》一篇关于澳洲政治和移民的文章中就出现了 influx：

Days before the vote, a video surfaced in which Michael Daley, the local Labor leader, complained about an influx of PhD-wielding Asians.

另一篇《经济学人》文章中写道，丹麦先于美国在边境修建了一道围栏，里面就用到了 an influx of immigrants：

At the behest of the Danish government, a five-foot steel fence is being built along the 70 km (40-mile) border to prevent an influx of immigrants from the rest of Europe.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：

每年暑假都会有全国各地的游客涌入北京。

Every summer Beijing sees a massive influx of tourists from around the country.

（参考翻译：Every summer Beijing sees a massive influx of tourists from around the country.）

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： 贸易

场景 ：They had just planted a bumper crop, encouraged by strong demand and a drought in Argentina,a competitor. When the tariff was implemented it was too late to switch to other crops such as corn. Demand from China-which in 2017 accounted for 60% of American exports-collapsed. The result was a glut. To replace American beans,a huge influx of beans imported from Brail has pushed up prices in South America.