(22)husband作为动词 |
以下这两段话是摘自联合国秘书长Kofi Anan的一个演讲: "And the world remains perilously wedded to oil and other fossil fuels. The challenge here is twofold. First: we must husband this resource, and use it efficiently, while limiting the impact on the environment by delivering cleaner coal and using cleaner ways to generate fossil fuels. All humankind must get the maximum benefit from every barrel, gallon or litre consumed – much as we try to do with water, where “more crop per drop” is our mantra. Prince Zayed himself understood that the true value of oil is in what it can do to improve the lives of people. Two billion of our fellow human beings today lack affordable energy services." husband resources - 节约资源 第二段中的husband是动词,但是和“丈夫”毫无关系: husband:[transitive]verb formal to be very careful in the way you use your money, supplies etc and not waste any -表示节约使用金钱、供给或资源。 另外一个看似和husband(丈夫)有关,但是又和丈夫毫无关系的单词就是"husbandry"。 husbandry(noun):1 technical farming: husband作为动词就和“丈夫”一点关系都没有了。但是father作为动词还是和“父亲”有关系: father:(verb)to become the father of a child by making
a woman pregnant: "And herein lies the secret of true power. Learn by constant practice,
how to husband your resources, and concentrate them, at any given moment,
upon a given point. - James Allen"
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