[6分59秒] 英语听力短文：《男孩还是女孩？》故事理解与练习

及物/不及物动词赞成，同意

及物动词批准; 核准; 认可; 为…提供证据

不及物动词赞同; 称许; 称赞; 满意、喜欢(of)

1. 赞成；同意
If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.

e.g. Not everyone approves of the festival...
不是所有人都赞成庆祝该节日。
e.g. I approved of the proposal.
我赞成该提案。

2. 赞许;嘉许;喜欢
If you approve of someone or something, you like and admire them.

e.g. You've never approved of Henry, have you?...
你从来没有喜欢过亨利，对吗？
e.g. I didn't approve of his manner.
我不喜欢他的态度。

3. 批准；认可；通过
If someone in a position of authority approves a plan or idea, they formally agree to it and say that it can happen.

e.g. The Russian Parliament has approved a program of radical economic reforms...
俄罗斯议会已经通过一项重大经济改革方案。
e.g. MPs approved the Bill by a majority of 97.
议员们以97票的多数票通过了该议案。

4. 批准；核准
If a product or person is approved by an official organization, they are declared to be of a good enough standard to be used or employed.

e.g. We have three suppliers in all who are approved by the Organic Farm Food Association.
我们总共有3家获有机农产品协会认可的供货商。

5. see also: approved;approving

名词消息; 信息，数据; 通知; 知识

1. 消息;资料;情报
Information about someone or something consists of facts about them.

e.g. Pat refused to give her any information about Sarah...
帕特拒绝向她提供任何关于萨拉的消息。
e.g. Each centre would provide information on technology and training...
每个中心都会提供技术与培训方面的信息。

2. (计算机程序储存和使用的)数据,资料
Information consists of the facts and figures that are stored and used by a computer program.

e.g. Pictures are scanned into a form of digital information that computers can recognize.
照片被扫描成某种电脑可以识别的数字资料。

3. 问讯处;信息台
Information is a service which you can telephone to find out someone's telephone number.

形容词怀孕的; 孕育着…的; 富于想象的; 富于成果的

1. 怀孕的；妊娠的
If a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has a baby or babies developing in her body.

e.g. Lena got pregnant and married...
莉娜怀孕并结婚了。
e.g. Tina was pregnant with their first daughter.
蒂娜怀了他们的第一个女儿。

2. 耐人寻味的；意味深长的；心照不宣的
A pregnant silence or moment has a special meaning which is not obvious but which people are aware of.

e.g. There was a long, pregnant silence.
当时出现了长时间耐人寻味的沉默。
e.g. ...a deceptive peace, pregnant with invisible threats.
一种和平的假象，潜伏着许多无形的威胁

名词建议，意见，暗示; 联想，启发; 微量

1. 建议;提议
If you make a suggestion, you put forward an idea or plan for someone to think about.

e.g. The dietitian was helpful, making suggestions as to how I could improve my diet...
这位营养学家就如何改善饮食给我提出了些建议，对我很有帮助。
e.g. Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river...
也许他已经听从了她的建议去河边散步了。

2. 暗示;示意
A suggestion is something that a person says which implies that something is the case.

e.g. We reject any suggestion that the law needs amending...
对于任何暗示该法律需要修改的观点我们都拒绝接受。
e.g. There are suggestions that he might be supported by the Socialists.
有人认为他可能会受到社会党的支持。

3. 表明;征兆;根据
If there is no suggestion that something is the case, there is no reason to think that it is the case.

e.g. There is no suggestion whatsoever that the two sides are any closer to agreeing...
没有任何迹象表明双方将会达成一致。
e.g. There is absolutely no suggestion of any mainstream political party involvement.
没有任何依据表明有任何主要政党参与其中。

4. 些微;些许
If there is a suggestion of something, there is a slight amount or sign of it.

e.g. ...that fashionably faint suggestion of a tan.
略带一点流行的古铜色
e.g. ...a firm, well-sprung mattress with not one suggestion of a sag.
结实、没有一点凹陷的高弹力床垫

5. 联想;暗示
Suggestion means giving people a particular idea by associating it with other ideas.

e.g. The power of suggestion is very strong.
暗示的力量是无比强大的。