雅思词汇解析（33） | 城市问题

今天我们来学习和城市相关的词汇。

1. pungent /'pʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nt/

adj. 味道强烈的；气味刺激的

e.g. Ammonia is a colorless gas with a highly pungent, suffocating odor.

补充：suffocating 令人憋闷的；使人窒息的

 

如本季口语话题：A place where the air was polluted.

e.g. It was this pungent and acidic smell that even hurt my nose and my eyes. I could hardly breathe.

补充：acidic adj. 物质含酸的，酸性的

酸雨：acid rain

土壤的酸度：the acidity of soil.

 

2. stagnant

adj. 停滞不前的; 不发展的;

常见搭配：

a stagnant economy 低迷的经济

stagnant wages 一直不涨的工资

a stagnant pool of water 一潭死水/ 对应running water

 

e.g. This country's economy has been stagnant for years.

e.g. In the past 5 years, the company's sales have been declining or stagnant.

 

如在小作文数据图中：

e.g. The profit of the company was stagnant at 3.88 million.

相比remain unchanged，stagnant 偏负面。

 

3. congestion /kən'dʒestʃən/

n.堵塞;拥堵；

常见搭配：

traffic/road congestion 交通拥堵

ease/ relieve/ mitigate congestion 缓解拥堵

e.g. There is heavy congestion on the roads during the rush hour.

补充：rush hour 高峰期

 

拥堵的不同表达：

heavy traffic; traffic jam; gridlock

 

其他补充:

a congestion charge

“交通拥堵附加费’ 源于2003年英国伦敦，目的是为了减少伦敦市中心的车流量，亦减少空气及噪音污染等。

你是否支持该呢？

 

4. disturbance

n. 干扰;扰乱

e.g. Residents are tired of the disturbance caused by the nightclub.

e.g. Phone calls are the biggest disturbance at work.

syn. distraction

 

n. 骚乱;动乱；

e.g. Many people were unhappy with the government’s plans but there were no reports of public disturbances.

e.g. Troops were brought in to put down/ quell the disturbance. 平息

 

syn. riot 暴乱；骚乱

搭配：run riot 胡作非为；闹事

2. 比喻：(想象力等)不受拘束; 任意发挥

e.g. This book can let your imagination run riot.

e.g. Crazy thoughts were running riot through my head.

 

以上就是今天的词汇，我们下期见！