第176句:
The most advanced insulation followls the law of increasing returns: if you add enough, you can lscale down or even eliminate heating and air-conditioning equipment, lowering costs even before you start tsaving on utility bills.
最先进的绝缘材料遵循收益递增的定律:如果你添加足够的绝缘材料,就可以按比例减少使用甚至不使用采暖和空调设备,甚至在打算要节省电费之前就可以降低成本。
六级词汇讲解:
本句的主干是The...insulation follows the law...冒号后的内容对主句进行解释说明,其中,if引导的是条件状语从句,现在分词lowering弓I导的复合结构作状语,before引导的是时间状语从句。
scale down意为“按比例缩减、减少”。如:
The PR company has begun to scale down its operations in Am,erica.
这家公关公司已开始减少在美国的业务。
eliminate在句中意为“消除,排除”,该词还有“淘汰”之意。如:
He was eliminated from the tennis match in the first round.
他在网球比赛的第一轮比赛中就被淘汰了。
lower意为“降低,削弱”。如:
The temperature has lowered gradually this month.
这个月气温已经逐步下降了。
六级考点归纳:
follow常见用法总结: 表示“追逐,追赶;追踪”。如:
The police followed the criminal for two months.
警方跟踪这名嫌疑犯已经有两个月了。
表示“遵循;按……行事”。如:
You'd better foUow his advice.
你最好照他的忠告去做。
表示“领会,理解”。如:
I didn't quite follow what you said just now.
我不太明白你刚才所说的话。
表示“(按时间、顺序等)接着,随后发生,继……之后”。如:
The lightning was followed by afearful clap of thunder.
闪电之后是一阵可怕的雷声。