| 单词 | 截然不同 |
| 释义 | 〔tonic〕Generic terms for carbonated soft drinks vary widely in the United States.Probably the two most common words competing for precedencearesoda, used in the northeast United States, andpop, used from the Midwest westward. In the South all soft drinks,regardless of the flavor or brand name,are referred to ascold drinks. Speakers in Boston and its environs have a term of their own:tonic. Such a variety of regional equivalents is unusual for a product for which advertising is so aggressive and universal;usually advertising has the effect of squeezing out regional variants.On the other hand, because there are so many types and flavors of soft drinks,perhaps no single generic word has ever emerged to challenge the regionalisms.在美国，含碳酸饮料的名称各地截然不同。其中有两个词正竞争着统治地位，一个是用于美国东北部的soda, ， 另一个是用于中西部以西的pop 。 在美国南部，所有的软饮料，不管味道或品牌如何，都统统叫作cold drinks 。 波士顿及其周围地区有其自己的名称：tonic 。 对于一种广告做得满天飞的产品来说，这种各地区名字不同的情况十分不寻常；因为广告通常有减弱方言的作用。另一方面，由于软饮料有如比多的种类和风格，所以可能还没有哪一个泛称能够取代这么多地方变体〔historic〕The differentiation between the words is not complete.They are often used interchangeably:historic times or historical times. 但这两个词并不是截然不同的。它们经常可换用：historic times 或 historical times 〔idioblast〕A plant cell that differs noticeably in form from neighboring cells.异细胞，生原体：与相邻的细胞截然不同的细胞〔complement〕Complement and compliment, though quite distinct in meaning, are sometimes confused because they are pronounced the same. Complement means "something that completes or brings to perfection": Complement 和 compliment， 虽然在意义上截然不同， 但是因为它们发音相同所以时常被混淆。 Complement 意思是“补足或使…完美”： 〔differ〕Ambition differs from greed.雄心与贪心截然不同〔contrast〕There is a sharp contrast between his earlier and later works.他的早期作品和晚期作品截然不同。 |
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