1.尽管在空间探索上的投资绝不能被视为是草率的、不必要的,我仍认为政府应该往减少贫困和饥饿这些手头上的事情投入更多的财政资金,而不是将资金投入到探索宇宙偏远角落上。Whilemoneyinvestedinexploringspacebynomeans(1.绝不)constitutes(2.被视为)frivolous(3.草率的)orunnecessaryspending,Ibelievethatgovernmentsshoulddevotemoreoftheirfinancialresourcestoalleviatingpovertyandhungercloseathand(4.手头上的,在时间或距离上接近的)thantoexploringthefarcornersoftheuniverse.1-bynomeans词典释义:bynomeansphraseusedasawayofemphasizinganegativestatementItwasbynomeansexcellentbutstillbetterthanlastyear.Iwouldn’tsayIwasanexpert,notbyanymeans.[mi:nz]pluralnounbynomeans(alsonotbyanymeans)■notatall决不,一点都不•Itisbynomeanscertainthatwe'llfinishtheprojectbyJune.我们能否在六月份前完成这项工程还很难确定。•Thisisn'tthelastwe'llhearofitbyanymeans.这绝对不会是我们最后一次听到此事。外刊例句:Thesenew-oldbooksareshortbutbynomeansslight.Noraretheyonlyforhard-coreMurakamifans.(www.economist.com)这些再版的旧作篇幅不长但绝非空洞之作。它们也并非单纯为村上的铁杆粉而作。替换表达:innoway/notatall/notbyanymeans2-constitute注意虽然译为“被视为”,但constitute是主动语态。词典释义:constituteUK['kɒn.stɪ.tju:t]US['kɑ:n.stɪ.tu:t]verbBECONSIDEREDAS被视作ADVANCED[Lonly+noun][notcontinuous]formal■tobeorbeconsideredassomething是;被看作,被视为•Thislatestdefeatconstitutesamajorsetbackforthegovernment.最近的这次失败是对政府的一次重挫。外刊例句:Justlastmonth,theMayoClinicProceedingspublishedastudyarguingthattheresultsofnationaldietarysurveys,suchasthosethatlinksugarydrinkstotype-2diabetes,aresoflawedthattheyconstituteamajormisuseofpublicfunds.(www.theguardian.com)Mayo医学杂志就在上月刊登了一则关于全国饮食调查的研究,该研究认为这个调查错误百出,简直是严重浪费公共基金。而那些把糖分饮料与2型糖料病相联系的调查内容便是其一。替换表达:beconsidered/viewed/seenas学生错误表达:(1)Bedefinedas点评:bedefinedas含义是“被定义为……”,例如:Abudgetisdefinedas'aplanofactionexpressedinmoneyterms'.“预算”一...