在美国当代英语语料库统计的20000个常用词中,section排在第821位,在4.5亿个单词中出现了49,764次; 在美国当代英语语料库统计的20000个常用词中,sector排在第1988位,在4.5亿个单词中出现19,103次。
那么,如此高频的词汇,他们都有哪些用法和搭配呢?
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section
频率最高的搭配:
形容词搭配:special section>following section>final section>previous section>main section>separate section
名词搭配:article section>cross section(横截面,断面)>business section>news section
词义解析:
n. 部分;片段
the sports section of the newspaper 报纸的体育版
切开;切口;切片
Each section is mounted on a slide and examined under the microscope. 每一份切片都放在载玻片上用显微镜检查.
(显示结构的)切面图(或模型),断面图(或模型)
This vertical section of the soil shows four basic soil layers. 土壤的纵断面显示有4个基本的土壤层。
切面,剖面,截面
in section 以截面图
The first diagram is a view of the building from the street, and the second shows it in section. 第一幅图是由街上看商店的景象,第二幅图是截面图。
常见短语:
1. pullout section,也作pullout 杂志的插页或活页
2. cesarean section,也作caesarean 剖腹产手术
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sector
频率最高的搭配:
名词搭配:sector economy(部门经济)>service sector>manufacturing sector
形容词搭配:private sector>public sector>industrial sector>financial sector>agricultural sector
词义解析:
n.(经济活动的)部门,领域,行业
In the financial sector, banks and insurance companies have both lost a lot of money. 在金融领域,银行和保险公司都损失严重。
常见短语:
1. the private sector 私营部门
2. the public sector 公营部门
public sector workers such as nurses or teachers 公营部门的工人,如护士或教师