新聞美語 每日一字 Usher

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12月4日的AP News(美聯社)一則新聞標題:
FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids.
FDA的改變迎來了更便宜、更容易獲得的助聽器。

"Usher"這個字的名詞譯解就是"招待員"或"助教"。
A person who shows people to their seats, especially in a theater or at a wedding.

"Usher"作為動詞的譯解就是"引領";此處的正解就是"啟動"。
To cause or mark the start of something new.

"Usher"的例句:
A waiter ushered me to a table.
服務員領我到一張桌子。
The railroads ushered in an era of cheap mass travel.
鐵路開創了廉價大眾旅行的時代。

"Usher"的同義字有:
herald、signal、announce、portend、foreshadow、start、initiate、launch、precede、begin、commence、inaugurate…

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