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時間:2018-04-17 03:15:06來源:大公網

Keynote address/speech (phrase)

●The main speech at a meeting or formal event, which is given by the keynote speaker.

  (主題演講,主旨報告)

Examples:  

1.She'll be delivering the keynote address at the conference on Friday.

2.The keynote speech will be an opportunity for the president to outline his agenda for the next 12 months.

On a par with (idiom)

●Of the same quality as or at the same level as.

  (與…不相上下,與…一個水平)

Examples:  

1.Profits should be on a par with last year.  

2.This violinist may be an amateur but he's on a par with professional orchestral players.

Backdrop (noun)

●The backdrop to an event is the general situation in which it happens.(背景)

Examples:  

1.The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.  

2.Their love affair began against a backdrop of war.

Sum (sth) up (phrasal verb)

●To give a summary of something.

Examples:  

1.I would like to sum this lecture up by listing the main points I have covered.  

2.She summed up the president's speech in three sentences.

Go down into history (idiom)

●To be recorded for history as a significant person or event.(載入史冊,名留青史)

Examples:  

1.If this team win the league they will go down in history.  

2.He'll go down in history as one of our finest leaders.

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