晨读Day3

put on cap

1.It is a necessity. He believes that the first priority of any climate bill enacted by Congress must be to put a cap on global warming gases.

VOA : standard.2010.06.14

2."We're going to go in and put a cap on it and we'll be able to produce the fluids [the oil and the next step is to make sure that we minimize the oil and pollution going into the Gulf."

VOA : standard.2010.05.31

3.She argued that onerous requirements on staff numbers in England "put a cap on salaries" and meant nurseries struggled to "retain and recruit high quality people".

BBC: Cut nursery staff to child ratio, urges minister

4.Another anti-economic aspect of the Kyoto protocol, in addition to its silence on trading, was its failure to put a cap on the costs of abatement: countries undertook to meet their targets regardless.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

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Fantasize

to imagine that you are doing something which is very pleasant or exciting, but which is very unlikely to happen 想象，幻想

SYN dream

[+ about ]Sometimes she fantasized about buying a boat and sailing around the world.

有时候，她幻想着买艘船周游世界。

fantasize that

I used to fantasize that my real parents were famous movie stars.

我过去常幻想我的亲生父母是著名影星。

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preoccupied

thinking about something a lot, with the result that you do not pay attentionto other things 全神贯注的，入神的

What’s wrong with Cindy? She seems a little preoccupied.

辛迪怎么了？她好像有点心事重重。

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He’s completely preoccupied with all the wedding preparations at the moment.

他此刻心无旁骛地筹备婚礼。