学习内容基于现象英语的每日一词

它表示“指示牌”“标志”，我们先看几个TE的文章，看看怎么用indicator。

Buttonwood专栏讲述了如何投资新兴市场本币债券，讲了经济的风向标就用到这个词：

Of the 25 emerging markets listed on the indicators page of The Economist, only three(Argentina, Egypt and Turkey) have inflation in double digits.
这里of...前置，让主体更清晰。

在一篇名为“没有昆虫的时代要来了吗？”，有个观点“昆虫是生态系统健康与否的标志”，它是这么写的：

Insects are indicators of ecosystem heath.

TE讨论世界要不要为美国的企业债券担忧一文中指出，从历史来看，公司债券的增加代表衰退的开始以及将可能造成的破坏：

After all, though the current rise in corporate debt is not in itself a likely cause for a coming crash, the past suggests that it is an indicator both that a recession is on its way and of the damage it may do.

从上面看来，这个词还是很好用的，可以使文章变得更简练。

学习

释义

• 英英
  a sign that shows the condition or existence of something
• 英汉
  从英英释义可以看出，它可以代表“指示”“指示物”“代表”等。

例子

想说一个人不善于隐藏自己的表情，可以说：

Her expression is usually a good/reliable indicator of how she's feeling.

一个人的教育程度高低不代表一个人的经营水平，可以这样说:

Level of education is actually quite a poor indicator of ability to run a business well.

新建筑的大小往往能看出这个公司的成长程度如何，可以说：

The size of the new building is an indicator of how much the company has grown.

黄金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标，可以说：
Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.

从上面可以看出，indicator后面可以跟of一起。

作业

翻译

出国旅行已经不再视为是富有的象征了。

Travelling abroad is no longer taken as an indicator of wealth.

造句

Earning a lot of money is no longer regarded as an indicator of success. (赚很多钱不再是成功的标志。）

现象英语“每日一词”