2. If Miss Eyre, who advertised in theYorkshire Herald of last Thursday, is in a position to give satisfactory references...as to character and competency, a situation can be offered to her.
单词梳理:
1. advertise v.登广告 2. Yorkshire n. 约克郡(英格兰北部一历史地区及古代的郡)
3. satisfactory adj.令人满意的 4. reference n.推荐人, 推荐函
5. character n.品质 6. competency n.能力, 胜任, 技能
7. situation n.职位
单词精学:Advertise
语法用法:~ sth (as sth)
英文释义:
to tell the public about a product or a service in order to encourage people to buy or to use it
支持范例:
If you want to attract more customers, try advertising in the local paper.
如果你想吸引更多的顾客,试试在当地报纸上刊登广告吧。
advertise on TV 在电视上做广告 advertise in a newspaper 在报纸上登广告
advertise soap 做广告宣传肥皂 advertise one's house 做广告宣传自己的房子
advertise one's services做广告宣传自己的服务
Satisfactory
支持范例:
Her school report says her French is satisfactory.
她成绩单上记载法语尚可。
We want a satisfactory explanation of your lateness.
我们想让你解释一下你迟到有什么充分理由。
Character
在本句子中它的意思是:
moral strength 道德的力量; 品格; 品德
支持范例:
Mary is a woman of character. Mary是个有道德的女子。
It takes character to say a thing like that.说那样的话需要有骨气。
Some people think military service is character-building. 有些人认为服兵役能陶冶情操。
Situation
Situation在本句话中的意思是:
paid job 有酬劳的工作; 职业
支持范例:
find a new situation 找个新工作 Situations vacant/Situations wanted 招聘(求职)
短语归纳:
1. in a position:胜任;能够做
2. as to:至于,关于
3. offer a situation to sb:提供某人一份工作
4. give satisfactory references:提供的令人满意的推荐函
重点短语精学:
in a position
支持范例:
But few universities are in a position to help. 但是很少大学能够提供帮助。
We are not in a position to entertain your claim. 咱们不能接受你们提出的索赔要求。
as to
支持范例:
As to the journey, we must decide about that later. 关于旅行的事,我们要以后再决定。
As to the reason he had given, a baby would have refused it. 至于他所说的理由,就是一个吃奶孩子也不会相信它的。