【常用新聞英文語彙】時代不同了,address有多達18個中文語意!


很難想像,台灣這麼多學英文的人,對address (vt) 這個字的了解,還停留在舊辭典的語意,不知,它是新聞英文最常使用的字詞,有多種不同的中文意思:

1.面對
Most politicians were failing to address the challenges posed by their aging populations.
大部分政治人物都無法面對人口老化帶來的挑戰。

2.改善
They are beginning to recognize that the situation must be ad-dressed.
他們開始認知這個情況必須改善。

3.顧到
We wonder if safety was sufficiently addressed.
我們不知道安全問題是否完全顧到。

4.回答
These two questions need to be addressed.
這兩個問題必須回答。

5.回應
Some of the students’ demands have been addressed.
學生的訴求有些已經得到回應。
He refused to address that particular accusation.
他拒絕回應那項指控。


6.解決
to address the issue of unemployment.
解決失業問題。

7.治
to address the cause, not the symptom.
治本,不要治標。

8.找出
Nor do they seem willing to address the true causes of the malaise.
他們似乎也不想找出這個病灶的真正原因。

9.受理
They still believe their complaints will be addressed.
他們仍然相信他們的陳情會被受理。

10.提及
He addresses the team’s shaky status and his own feelings.
他提及球隊不穩的狀況以及他自己的感受。

11.向…致意
She addressed the crowd and expressed her disappointment.
她向觀眾致意,表達她的失望。

12.碰觸
But that’s a hot-button issue few are as yet willing to address.
但那是一個很少人願意碰觸的棘手問題。

13.致
He did address his efforts last year to pass legislation that would have loosened immigration laws.
去年他確實致力於通過將移民法鬆綁的法案。

14.稱呼
They sometimes address the issue one another by their most recent tennis rankings.
他們有時候用他們最近的網球排名互相稱呼。

15.說明
Your article didn’t address why advisers say hourly workers should take cuts in pay and benefits when the automaker frequently touts the quality of its products.
你的文章沒有說明何以當汽車製造廠商屢屢讚美其產品的品質時,專家卻說計時工的待遇和福利應該減少。

16.肅
to address the graft. 肅貪。

17.處理
It's this sort of cavalier attitude that needs addressing, not inadvertent speeding. 
要處理的是這種傲慢的態度,不是危險超速。

18. 商談
Envoys from the two nations were meeting with officials from Turkey to address its objections. 來自芬蘭與瑞典的特使與來自土耳其的官員會晤商談其異議。

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