Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables.
布魯塞爾的官員說，在美國屠宰的雞不適于用來裝點歐洲的餐桌。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 8 Trading standards
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt. 聲稱;斷言;需要;索取;
vi. 提出要求;
n. （根據權利而提出的）要求;聲稱;斷言;索賠;
?? claim→要求；主張；要求；權利；主張
"It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it."
要說我從未看到過，那就是言不由衷了。
近義：adduce, allege, require, summon, request, demand
反義：impart, award, present, accord, bestow, administer
n. 恩澤;優雅;慈悲;魅力;
v. 使優美;惠賜;
?? grace=grat 感激→ 感激別人態度一定好 → 文雅
"How long has Grace been involved with that red - haired boy?"
格雷斯與那個紅頭發的小伙子來往多久了?
近義：benedicite, honor, adorn, dignify, appeal, invitingness
反義：impoliteness, inelegance, abrasiveness, abruptness, asperity, rawness
united
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a. 聯合的, 團結的, 一致的, 和睦的\\n[法] 聯合的, 統一的, 一致的
近義：joined, joint, associated, near, nearby, neighboring
反義：isolated, remote, retired, segmented, separated, severed
adj. 歐洲的，歐洲人的;歐盟的;
n. 歐洲人;
"We are lagging far behind our European competitors in using new technology."
我們在使用新技術方面遠遠落后于我們的歐洲對手.
近義：euro