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| 释义 | 〔greed〕"Many . . . attach to competition the stigma of selfish greed"(Henry Fawcett)“许多人把竞争同自私贪婪的耻辱联系在一起”(亨利·福西特)〔Quonset〕"wooden frame shacks, auto trailers, abandoned Air Force quonsets"(Washington Post)“木制小棚，汽车拖车，废弃的空军匡西特活动房屋”(华盛顿邮报)〔Warwick〕A city of east-central Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay south of Providence. Settled in 1643, it is a manufacturing center and a summer resort. Population, 85,427.沃里克：罗得岛中东部城市，位于纳拉干西特湾，普罗维登斯以南。殖民者开发于1643年，是制造业中心，避暑胜地。人口85,427〔Newport〕A city of southeast Rhode Island at the mouth of Narragansett Bay south-southeast of Providence. Settled in 1639, it was an important economic center in pre-Revolutionary times and in the 19th century became a fashionable summer resort where the wealthy built palatial "cottages" such as the Breakers and Marble House. The mansions and restored colonial buildings still attract tourists to the city, as do its tennis museum and yachting facilities. Population, 28,227.纽波特：美国罗得岛州东南城市，位于普罗维登斯东南偏南的纳拉甘西特湾入口。1639年始有人定居，在美国革命前是重要的经济中心，19世纪以后，才成是受欢迎的夏季避暑胜地。人们在这里建筑了宫殿般的别墅，如布雷克尔楼和鹅卵石屋。大厦和复原的殖民建筑仍吸引城市人去旅游，就如该地的网球娱乐城和快艇设施一样。人口28,227〔Quonset〕A trademark used for a prefabricated portable hut having a semicircular roof of corrugated metal that curves down to form walls. This trademark often occurs in attributive contexts in print:"a Quonset building that once stored grain" (Chicago Tribune); "an unassuming assemblage of clapboard buildings, Quonset storage huts, and docks" (Christian Science Monitor). It sometimes occurs in lowercase: 匡西特活动房屋：一种用来指由预制件组成的可移动小屋的商标。小屋屋顶为半圆形，为波纹金属，卷下来可组成墙壁。在印刷品中，这个商标经常出现在表定语的语境中：“曾用来贮藏粮食的匡西特式建筑物” （芝加哥论坛）； “一堆毫不起眼的隔板建筑物，匡西特储藏屋和船坞” （基督教科学箴言报）。有时它也以小写出现： 〔Middletown〕A town of southeast Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay north of Newport. It is a summer resort. Population, 19,460.米德尔顿：美国罗得岛州东南一城镇，位于纽波特北部的纳拉甘西特湾。是一避暑胜地。人口19,460〔Bristol〕A town of eastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay southeast of Providence. In the 18th and 19th centuries its port was a base for slave trading, privateering, whaling, and shipbuilding. Population, 21,625.布里斯托尔：美国罗得岛州东部一城镇，位于普罗维登斯东南的纳拉干西特湾。在18和19世纪期间，其港口是奴隶交易、私掠船、捕鲸和造船的基地。人口21,625〔Providence〕The capital and largest city of Rhode Island, in the northeast part of the state on Narragansett Bay. It was founded by Roger Williams in 1636 as a haven for religious dissenters and became prosperous as a port in the 18th century. Providence was joint capital with Newport until 1900. Population, 160,728.普罗维登斯：美国罗得岛州首府和最大城市，在该州的东北部，临纳拉干西特湾，由罗杰·威廉斯在1636年建立，当时是宗教异议者的避难地，18世纪作为一个港口并十分繁荣，普罗维登斯在1900年以前与纽波特均为该州的联合首府。人口160,728 |
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