wake

英英釋義：used to say what happens after and often as a result of something

例句：In the wake of the mass shootings in New Zealand, many call for a ban on assault weapons.

2. 為什么選這個詞？

我們都很熟悉“wake”作為動詞表示“醒來”的用法，今天我們學習它作為名詞的用法。wake 作為名詞可以表示航行中船只留下的尾流、航跡，因此引申出一個表達 in the wake of 表示“隨著…而來” “作為…的結果”。當我們想表示 after 或者 as a result of 時，很多時候也可以用 in the wake of 替換。

比如食品安全問題被曝光后，管理、法規(guī)方面會有所改善，我們就可以說：

Regulations were improved in the wake of the food safety scandal.

我們可以用 in the wake of 來引出對某一事件的討論。比如新西蘭槍擊案后，許多人開始呼吁禁止攻擊性武器：

In the wake of the mass shootings in New Zealand, many call for a ban on assault weapons.

《經(jīng)濟學人》中用 in the wake of 的句子比比皆是，比如最近這兩處：

1) In the wake of street protests, Mr Putin unleashed repression both online and offline.

2) For the whole of 2018 the economy grew by 2.6%, the weakest pace in a decade and far below the 7.4% recorded in 2017 in the wake of the government’s construction-led stimulus.

3. 練習

1）翻譯

在兩次致命墜機事件后，波音的股價暴跌。

In the wake of the two deadly air crashes, Boeing’s share prices went into a tailspin.

2）造句

The episode poses an awkward dilemma for Biden's Democratic rivals, who appeared loath to denigrate a popular party elder but were also keenly aware of the social climate in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

But the painting deterioriated again, in the wake of the Great Recession, the city couldn't fund another restoration.

And, as we may soon discover in the wake of special counel Robert S. Mueller's investigation, people often cope with that sting by insisting that they're still right.

It left a wake of more than 500 looted businesses, at least 40 hospital patients who died and at least a half dozen shuttered factories.