第252句 大坝
This week, in the heart of civilized Europe, Slovaks and Hungarians stopped just short of sending in the troops in their contention over a dam on the Danube.
译文:本周,在文明的欧洲的中心,为了多瑙河上一处水坝的争端,斯洛伐克和匈牙利差点动用军队。
点睛:本句是个简单句,主干是…Slovaks and Hungarians stopped just short of sending in the troops…,句首的this week是时间状语,in the heart of civilized Europe是地点状语。理解本句的关键在于句中几个词和短语的意思:in the heart of意为“在…的中心”,heart意为“中心,要点”。
Let’s get to the heart of the problem.
让我们来谈谈问题的核心吧。
stop short of意为“差一点就,还没有达到”。
China and Pakistan have signed a number of defense and trade deals,but have stopped short of announcing a new agreement on nuclear power.
中国和巴基斯坦签署了多项防务和贸易协定,但是双方没有在核能领域公布新的协定。
contention意为“争夺;争端”。
考点归纳:本句需要注意short of和heart的用法。
*短语short of隙了表示“缺乏的,供给不足的”之外,还有多种义项。
1)少于,不及
We’re short of cash.
我们现在现金不足。
Nothing short of her best effort was required to make the team.
要组成一个队,她必须全力以赴。
2)除非;除了(某种做法)外
Short of yelling at him,l had no other way to catch his attention.
除大声向他喊叫,我真想不出还有什么办法能引起他的注意。
3)险些做某事
She stopped short of throwing out the old photo.
她差点丢掉了旧相片。
*除in the heart of外,关于heart的表达还有:
cross my heart保证 win one’s heart赢得某人的心(爱情) lose one’s heart to someone爱上某人 lack heart缺乏勇气 lose heart失去信心 broken heart碎了的心(指伤心) heart of gold金子般的心 pour out one’s heart倾吐心事 one’s heart in the right place心肠很好 not to wear heart on one’s sleeve不要太情绪化 put one’s heart at rest使某人放下心来 put one’s heart into全心投入 a heart-to-heart talk倾心相谈 write a letter to sb.and declare one’s own heart给某人写信表达自己的爱慕之情
n. 防卫,防卫物,辩护
vt. 防守