【句子】

The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money borrowed.
?消除通貨膨脹應(yīng)確保還貸的錢應(yīng)與所貸款的價(jià)值相同。

【解析】

1.elimination

1)n.排除，消除

elimination of the essential differences between mentaland manual labour.
腦力勞動(dòng)和體力勞動(dòng)之間本質(zhì)差別的消失。

2)n. （比賽中）淘汰 ;消滅，干掉（尤指敵人或?qū)κ郑?/p>

Elimination (or knockout) system
淘汰制

2.inflation

1)n. 通貨膨脹，膨脹

Are wages keeping pace with inflation?
工資的增長跟得上通貨膨漲的速度嗎?

2) 常用短語詞組

galloping inflation ?惡性通貨膨脹.
cost inflation ?成本膨脹
demand inflation ?需求膨脹
inflation uncertainty ?通貨膨脹的不確定性
wage inflation ?[經(jīng)] 工資膨脹
monetary inflation ?通貨膨脹

3.ensure

1)vt. 擔(dān)保，保證，使安全，確保

If you want to ensure that you catch the plane, take a taxi.
你要想確保能趕上那班飛機(jī)，就坐出租車去吧。

2)ensure的意思是使某行為或某件事的結(jié)果得以保證，即確保某事發(fā)生（to make sure that sth．happens）。ensure后可以直接跟 that-clause，并可以用復(fù)合賓語。

常用結(jié)構(gòu)為：ensure sth．／ensure ＋that －clause ／en-sure ＋obj

To ensure the child's quick recovery，the doctor gave him an antibiotic．
為使這個(gè)孩子盡快恢復(fù)，醫(yī)生給他打了一劑抗生素。

3)ensure也可以表示確保安全，免遭傷害。

To ensure freedom against tyranny
反對(duì)暴政，維護(hù)自由

用法詳解

1)amount用作名詞，其意為“數(shù)量”、“金額”等，通常用于 a (great, large) amount of 這類結(jié)構(gòu)，其后通常接不可數(shù)名詞。

He made a large amount of money.
他賺了大量的錢。

2)amount用作動(dòng)詞，用作動(dòng)詞時(shí)意為“合計(jì)”、“等于”、“意味著”，通常是不及物動(dòng)詞，其后常接介詞 to。如：

Her reply amounts to a refusal.
她的回答等于拒絕。

注意：
由于其后接的to為介詞，所以后接動(dòng)詞時(shí)，該動(dòng)詞要用動(dòng)名詞。如：

誤：This amounts to cheat the teacher.
正：This amounts to cheating the teacher. ?

【練習(xí)】

______of people who were killed or injured reached more than 40,000.
A.The number ?B.A number ?C.The amount ?D.An amount

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