第205句:
To defend their profits, the drug companies have wamed Canadian wholesalers and pharmacies(药房) not to sell to Americans by mail, and are cutting back supplies to those who dare.为了维护自身的利益,药品公司已经警告加拿大的批发商和药房,不要以邮寄的方式向美国人卖药,并且正在削减敢这样做的批发商和药房的药品供应。
六级词汇讲解:
本句的主干是...the drug companies have wamed Canadian wholesalers and pharmacies...and are cutting back supplies...o其中,who引导定语从句,修饰those;have wamed和are cutting back是谓语。
defend意为“维护”。如:
The union said that they would take action to defend their members'jobs.
工会说,他们将采取行动维护会员的工作权益。
wholesaler意为“批发商”。pluumacy意为“药房”。 cutback意为“削减”。
六级考点归纳:
dare意为“敢”,通常用作dare to do sth.(敢于做某事)。如:
Most people hate Harry but they don't dare to say so in Harrysface.
大多数人都恨哈里,但是他们不敢当着哈里的面说出来。
此外,dare还有三个常用的口语表达:
don't you dare do sth.,表示说话人很愤怒,并且警告某人不要做某事。如:
Allen,don't you dare go anywhere else,you hear me?艾伦,你不能去其他任何地方,听见了吗?
how dare you do sth.,表示说话人很恼火地质问某人“你怎么敢做某事”。如:
How dare you pick up the phone and listen in to my conversation!你竟然敢用分机偷听我打电话!
dare I say it,表示说话人明知自己即将说的话会让听者失望或者愤怒。如:
Politicians usuaUy attracts young women, dare I say it,because of the status they have in society.我斗胆说一句,政客对年轻女性有吸引力,这是因为他们的社会地位高。