1. 这是个什么词?
词:maximize
英英释义:to use something in a way that gives you the greatest practical value or the best results
例句: To maximize short-term profits, some restaurants use illegally recycled waste cooking oil.
2. 为什么选这个词?
“maximize”是及物动词,意思是“将......最大化、充分利用”。《经济学人》几乎每期都会出现这个词,当我们想表达 take full advantage of something 的时候就可以用 maximize 造句替换,口语和写作中都可以使用。下面通过几个例子来掌握这个词。 注意:maximize 是美式拼写,英式拼写是 maximise。
一些饭店为了短期的经济利益不惜使用地沟油,我们就可以说:
To maximize short-term profits, some restaurants use illegally recycled waste cooking oil.
德州扑克的核心是将价值最大化,将损失最小化,就可以说:
The essence of Texas Hold'em is to maximize value and minimize loss.(maximize 和 minimize 是一组反义词,可以一并掌握)
很多人会充分利用年假,去一些较远的地方或者深度探索某个地方。可以说:
To maximize the annual holiday, we decided to take a road trip in the US.
《经济学人》最近在一篇介绍互联网行业的文章中就用到了 maximize :
To maximise their chances, many are offering not just a single service (such as search or video), as Western firms tended to in their early years, but a bundle of services in one app instead, in the hope of making more money per user. This approach was pioneered in China by Alibaba and Tencent.
另一篇介绍家长和孩子关系的《经济学人》文章中也出现了 maximize :
Parents generally try to maximise the welfare, present and future, of their children (and, secondarily, themselves) subject to constraints of money and time.
《经济学人》在写一些创业公司为了解决卡车司机闲置的时间时也用到了 maximize:
For a few years startups like Cargomatic and Convoy have been helping drivers maximise their gainful time behind the wheel by digitising the matching of shipments with lorries.
3. 怎样学会使用这个词?
1)翻译下面的句子: 为了充分体验欧洲,这对夫妇提前读了几本关于欧洲的书,做了详尽的计划。
To maximize their trip to Europe, the couple read a few books about it in advance and planned the trip carefully.
(参考翻译:To maximize their trip to Europe, the couple read a few books about it in advance and planned the trip carefully.)
2)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。
例子: 一些开发商为了短期的经济利益不惜偷工减料。
场景:To maximaize short-term profits, some developers tried to cut corners.
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