时间:2019-02-10 作者:英语课 分类:夏说英语新闻晨读


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Responses in Amsterdam, where property prices have been rocketing due to a crippling housing shortage, have ranged from astonished indignation to wry 1 resignation. An estate agent has been caught offering for rent a 35 square meter apartment, boasting its own "private kitchen", for 1,100 euros a month. Just a couple of catches, however: cooking is strictly 2 prohibited and no more than two people are allowed into the flat at any one time. Amsterdam has been undergoing a property price boom in recent years, bringing costs back almost to the levels before the 2008 financial crisis. Prices in the Dutch city have risen nearly 22%.



Rocket: 快速上涨

Crippling:造成严重后果的

Indignation:愤怒

Wry: 讽刺的

Resignation:听任处置

Boast:拥有

Catch:负面因素



adj.讽刺的;扭曲的
  • He made a wry face and attempted to wash the taste away with coffee.他做了个鬼脸,打算用咖啡把那怪味地冲下去。
  • Bethune released Tung's horse and made a wry mouth.白求恩放开了董的马,噘了噘嘴。
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
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