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你知道“ETC”是由哪三个单词组成的吗?

19 Jun 2022

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三五好友,自驾出游饱览祖国大好河山不知多少人都有过这样的梦想但出游上高速时收费站长长的队伍和琐碎的手续总是让人些许烦躁不过要是装上一个“ETC”自驾游就顺畅多了01“ETC”的英文全称是什么?ETC = Electronic Toll Collection电子不停车收费系统electronic [ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪk] 电子的toll [təʊl] (道路、桥梁等的)通行费collection [kəˈlekʃn] 收集例:Tolls are now collected electronically on most motorways. 现在绝大部分高速公路采用电子收费。02“收费站”英文怎么说?收费站 = tollgate [ˈtəʊl.ɡeɪt]美式英语中则常用 tollbooth [ˈtoʊlbuːθ]例:We will go through a tollbooth today. 我们今天要经过一个收费站。03“高速公路”英文怎么说?“高速公路”常用的表达:①我们上面例子中提到的:motorway (英国)高速公路例:Because of the bad weather, motorway driving conditions are expected to be hazardous tonight. 由于天气恶劣,今晚在高速公路驾车可能会很危险。②美国则常用:expressway:多车道高速公路freeway:只能通过特殊坡道进入的多车道高速公路;免费的高速公路需要注意的是 highway 并不特指中文意义的高速公路它的意思是:长途大道;贯通城市、大城镇的重要公路可以说:freeway 是 expressway 的一种而 expressway 是 highway 的一种例:The expressway goes straight to Shenyang. 这条高速公路直通沈阳。The speed limit on the freeway is 55mph. 高速公路限速每小时55英里。04“堵车”英文怎么说?①heavy traffic / a lot of traffic 交通拥堵例:There was heavy / a lot of traffic on the roads this morning. 今天早晨道路上车流拥堵。②be / get stuck in traffic例:We got stuck in traffic for several hours. 我们碰上交通阻塞被堵了好几个小时。③traffic jam例:The snow caused traffic jams all over the city. 大雪导致整个城市交通堵塞。④traffic congestion [kənˈdʒestʃən]例:New measures have been introduced to try and ease traffic congestion in the city. 这个城市已经采取了新措施,试图缓解交通拥堵。

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