夏说英语新闻晨读 第392期:英国今夏酒类热销
时间：2019-02-20 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
Supermarket sales have grown at their fastest rate this year with demand stimulated 2 by the World Cup and the warm weather, research suggests.
Market research firm Kantar Worldpanel said food and drink sales in the 12 weeks to 15 July rose by 3.6% from a year earlier.
In the week England played Colombia and Sweden, alcohol 3 sales hit a record for a week outside of Christmas and Easter.
supermarket: n. 超市
at the speed/rate of: 以……的速度
at any rate: 不管怎样；无论如何
demand: n. 需求
stimulate 1: vt. 刺激
alcohol: n. 酒精
hit/create a record: 创造记录
break a record: 打破纪录
outside of: 除了 (apart from)
vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋
- Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
- Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
a.刺激的
- The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
- The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。
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