In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Inca emperor lived in the now-famous site Machu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru in the 16th century and ruled until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main official language of Peru.
以下句子摘自高中英语人教版必修一第2单元第26页。
请老师说说now-famous的用法,谢谢!
▲句中的 now-famous 意思是“现在仍很有名的”,类似的构词有:
a now-forgotten film 一部现在已被人们忘记的电影
a now-common sport 一种现在已很常见的运动
a now-traditional practice 现已成为传统的做法
a now-aging building 现在已显老旧的建筑
a now-defimct newspaper 一种现已停刊的报纸
例句:
He mentioned a now-forgotten film. 他提到了一部现在已被人遗忘的电影。
She wrote for the now-defimct newspaper. 她为那份现已停刊的报纸写过文章。
The Inca emperor lived in the now-famous site Machu Picchu. 印加帝王住在现在仍很有名的马丘比丘。
▲网友可联想类似的构词 then-famous(当时很有名的),类似的构词有:
then-director 当时的主任
the then-CEO 当时的首席执行官
a then-21-year-old boss 当时21 岁的老板
the then-President of the US 当时的美国总统
例句:
In 1950, it cost the then-enormous price of $7, 500 to construct the machine. 在 1950 年,造这种机器花去了 7, 500 美元,在当时这是一笔巨款。
Burt’s Bees’s then-CEO, John Wolfgang, took a different approach. Burt’s Bees当时的首席执行官约翰·沃尔夫冈采取了不同的方法。(2012江苏卷阅表)
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