379. "As sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of what to do about it," says Eric Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.
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“本身作為睡眠不足的人,我們開始考慮怎么處理這個問題,”埃里克·沙首額說道。他最近剛剛大學(xué)畢業(yè),現(xiàn)在是Axon睡眠研究實(shí)驗室的首席執(zhí)行官,該實(shí)驗室是一家由學(xué)生為實(shí)踐他們的想法而創(chuàng)建的公司。
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a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories為Eric Shashoua的同位語,而a company created by the students to develop their idea為Axon Sleep Research Laboratories的同位語。
sleep-deprived意為“缺乏睡眠的”,其中deprive意為“剝奪;阻止”。如:
The trees deprived the house of light. 這些樹遮住了房子的光線。
think of意為“考慮,想起”。如:
You can't expect me to think of everything. 你不能指望我考慮到所有的事情。
what to do about/with sth.表示“如何處理或解決某事”。如:
I really don't know what to do with those boxes. 我真是不知道該如何處理那些箱子。
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do的常見短語有:
do sth. to sb./sth.意為“對某人(某事物)產(chǎn)生影響”。如:
Your words really do something to me. 你的話確實(shí)對我有一些影響。
What have you done to the computer? 這電腦你是怎么弄的?
do with sth.意為“希望得到某事物;忍受某事物”,常與情態(tài)動詞can或could連用。如:
You look as if you could do with a good night's sleep. 你看起來似乎需要好好睡上一夜。
I can't do with his ignorance. 我無法忍受他的忽視。
do without意為“沒有……也行”。如:
The manager can't do without a secretary. 經(jīng)理不能沒有秘書。