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“阻碍、抑制”除了prevent还可以怎么说?丨写作地道表达
写作中我们经常要表达“阻碍、抑制”的含义。说到“阻碍、抑制”,我们最先想到的是 prevent,但这个词稀松平常,缺乏特色。今天我们就来讲一讲,除了prevent,有哪些让阅卷老师眼前一亮的表达!
一、thwart
Dionysus forces his followers to abandon rigid patterns of thought or behaviour that threaten to thwart their development.狄俄尼索斯迫使他的追随者放弃那些可能会阻碍他们发展的僵化的思考模式或行为模式。
China's declining fertility rate will thwart further development.中国不断下降的出生率会阻碍进一步发展。
二、hobble
When China shuts its borders to foreigners almost completely, it stops imported infections but it also hobbles foreign businesses.中国几乎全面禁止外国人入境后,挡住了外来感染,但也阻碍了外国企业(的发展)。
The spoon-feeding education can hobble creativity and innovation.填鸭式教育会阻碍创造力和创新。
三、inhibit
Repatriating supply chains, as Mr Biden would, will inhibit competition and grind down living standards.
迁回供应链(拜登会这么做)会抑制竞争、降低生活水平。
After the war, prisoners were repatriated.战后,战俘被遣返回国。
An unhappy family life may inhibit children's learning.不幸福的家庭生活可能会阻碍儿童的学习。
The exit path from lockdowns will be precarious, with uneasy consumers, a stop-start rhythm that inhibits efficiency, and tricky new health protocols.消费者惶惶不安,复工节奏走走停停,抑制了生产效率,而且新的治疗方案纷繁复杂,这些都使解封之路危险重重。
How does it grind down the human capacities for hope, trust and wellbeing?它是如何摧毁人类的希望、信任和幸福的能力的?
This illustrates China's great strength: its ability to relentlessly grind down costs by combining high labor efficiency with wages that remain extraordinarily low.这体现了中国的巨大优势:它有能力把高劳动效率与仍然非常低的工资水平结合起来,从而持续降低成本。
四、discourage
Right now, the rules — on campaign finance, redistricting, even ballot access — overwhelmingly discourage competition.目前,有关竞选资金、重新划分选区、甚至投票的规则都极大地阻碍了竞争。
Parents believe that some video games encourage violent behaviour in young children.
Fears that robots will steal people’s jobs may prompt politicians to tax them, for example, to discourage their use.例如,人们担心机器人会抢走他们的工作,可能会因此促使政客们对机器人征税,以阻止使用机器人。
五、barrier
Lack of confidence is a psychological barrier to success. 缺乏信心是阻碍成功的心理因素。(可用于个人品质类的写作中)
Problems with childcare remain the biggest barrier to women succeeding at work.儿童看护问题依然是女性争取事业成功的最大障碍。(可用于女性地位的写作中)
六、put sand in the wheels of...
These days, it is differences in national regulations, far more than tariffs, that put sand in the wheels of trade between rich countries.今日,正是各国条例的差异,而非关税,阻碍了发达国家间的贸易。
And the post-11 September environment has put sand in the wheels of this unstoppable process of globalisation.“9·11”后的环境也阻碍了势不可挡的全球化进程。