Brazil

常用词汇国家

英 [brə'zil] 美

释义

n. 巴西（拉丁美洲国家）

中文词源

Brazil 巴西

来自葡萄牙语brasil, 红木，原指巴西一种产红颜料的树。词源同burn, 燃烧，形容其木艳丽如燃烧的木炭。

英文词源

Brazil: 1550s, from Spanish/Portuguese terra de brasil "red-dye-wood land," from Spanish brasil or Italian brasile, probably connected to French braize (see braize) for resemblance of color to a glowing ember (but Old Italian form verzino suggests a possible connection with Arabic wars "saffron"). Originally the name of a type of wood from an East Indian tree, used in making dye; the name later was transferred to a similar South American species. Brazil in reference to the wood is attested in English from late 14c. Complicating matters is Hy Brasil, a name applied by 1436 to one of the larger Azores Islands, later transferred to a legendary island or rock off the west coast of Ireland (sighted in 1791 at lat. 51Â° 10', long. 15Â° 58').

双语例句

1. Brazil is putting forward a new debt repayment plan.: 巴西即将提出一个新的债务偿付计划。

2. Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.: 巴西称其宪法禁止个人占有能源资产。

3. Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.: 门德斯先生正领导一场运动，以拯救遭到乱砍滥伐的巴西热带雨林。

4. The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.: 宪法还赋予巴西的25个成员州很大的权力。

5. The President is in Brazil for an official two-day visit.: 总统正在巴西进行为期两天的正式访问。

英英释意

1. three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

实用场景例句

Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.: 巴西称其宪法禁止个人占有能源资产。

Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.: 门德斯先生正领导一场运动，以拯救遭到乱砍滥伐的巴西热带雨林。

The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.: 宪法还赋予巴西的25个成员州很大的权力。

Many of the plants are native to Brazil.: 这些植物中有很多原产地在巴西。

Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila.: 巴西甜酒相当于是巴西的龙舌兰酒。

The case has generated enormous publicity in Brazil.: 这个案件已经在巴西引起了极大的关注。

Polio has been virtually eradicated in Brazil.: 在巴西脊髓灰质炎实际上已经根除。

It is France versus Brazil in the final.: 决赛是法国队对巴西队。

Journalists came from as far afield as China and Brazil.: 新闻记者来自中国和巴西等远方国度.

The city compares favourably with other parts of Brazil.: 这个城市比巴西的其他地方好.

Portuguese is the national language of Brazil.: 葡萄牙语是巴西的民族语言.

Brazil has a big surplus of coffee.: 巴西有很多剩余咖啡.

Brazil harvested 28m bags of coffee in 1991, the biggest crop for four years.: 1991年，巴西的咖啡豆产量达2,800万袋，为4年来最高。

Brazil need to beat Uruguay to be certain of a place in the finals.: 巴西必须击败乌拉圭才能确保进入决赛。

He plucks Brazil nuts off the ground and tosses them into the basket.: 他从地上抓起巴西坚果，扔到篮子里。

考试真题

Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up.

They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil

Donna Fredrick's served with the Peace Corps for two years in Brazil.

During her two years with the Peace Corps, Donna lived in a village in northeastern Brazil

That part of Brazil is very dry and farming is often difficult there.

She couldn't get Brazil out of her mind

Finally, one day she got on a plane and went back to Brazil.

What was Donna assigned to do in Brazil

Why did Donna go back to Brazil once again?

There have been similar findings in Australia, Brazil, Canada and the US.

However, Brazil's stretch of misfortune has created opportunities for China, with a Chinese company winning the $100 million contract in 2015 to rebuild the Brazilian station.

Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base.

Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.

What makes Brazil one of the world's top five contributors to greenhouse gases

Its popularity has spread form Europe, both east and west, to such countries as Brazil and Japan.

In Brazil, multinational corporation Adidas has been running a shoe-recycling program called "Sustainable Footprint" since 2012.

To motivate visitors to bring in more old shoes, Adidas Brazil promotes the program in stores by showing videos to educate customers, and it even offers a discount each time a customer brings in an old pair of shoes.

A multi-year drought (干旱) in south-east Brazil is becoming worse.

So they've booked a holiday in Brazil.