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10. irony 諷刺

This episode crystallizes the irony that， although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations， they rarely talk at home.

該情節(jié)體現(xiàn)出一種諷刺，那就是，籍貫美國(guó)男性在公共場(chǎng)合比女性說(shuō)話多，但在家里，他們很少說(shuō)話。

11. preference 偏愛(ài)

The first and more important is the consumer's growing preference for eating out.

首先并且重要的是消費(fèi)者不斷增長(zhǎng)的對(duì)外出就餐的偏愛(ài)。

12. predominance 優(yōu)勢(shì)

Just as inevitably， the retreat from predominance proved painful.

不可避免的事，這種從優(yōu)勢(shì)地位退下來(lái)的感覺(jué)是痛苦的。

13. pattern 圖案，模式

The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s.

政治科學(xué)家安德魯·哈克在上世紀(jì)七十年代觀察到這一模式。

14. infrastructure 基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施

Big retailers could profitably apply their scale， existing infrastructure and proven skills in the management of product ranges， logistics， and marketing intelligence.

大型零售商在管理產(chǎn)品類別、物流、以及營(yíng)銷智能化方面，可以應(yīng)用其規(guī)模、已有基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和歷經(jīng)考驗(yàn)的技能，這是有利可圖的。