around

大约

 

【例】The total Japanese investment in China last year stood at around $700 million.

去年日本在华投资的总金额约为7亿元。

 

arouse

激发；引起

 

【例】Your price is too high [low] to arouse interest.

你方价格太高[低]了，引不起兴趣。

 

arrange

 

【1】安排；筹备

 

①【例】We do not wish to file claim against you but would arrange an amicable settlement.

我们不希望提出索赔，愿友好解决问题。

 

②可接用动词不定式。

【例】We will then arrange to meet him at the airport and drive him to his hotel.

到那时我们会安排到飞机场接他，用汽车将他送到旅馆。

 

③接用动词不定式复合结构，即for sb [sth] to do [to be done]。

【例】It would be advisable to arrange for representatives of both parties to hold a preliminary talk.

先安排双方代表举行预备性会谈是可取的。

 

④可接用that从句，从句中多用should或虚拟语气现在时，有时也用陈述语气。

【例】Both parties arranged that the accessories (should) be manufactured by the buyers themselves.

双方已商定，附件由买方自行制造。

 

【2】安排；筹备

 

①常接用for + n（表示动作的名词）（与 arrange for sb to do不同）。

【例】We should be obliged if you would arrange for immediate shipment of this order.

如蒙安排这笔订货为即期装运，则非常感激。

 

②arrange和arrange for二者都可接用名词。如果所安排的是事情和行动，则二者都可以用。

【例】We must ask you to arrange [arrange for] the dispatch of replacements at once.

务请你方立即发运替换的货物。

 

如果所安排的不是事情而是物品，则必须用arrange for。

【例】We have arranged for a truck (to take delivery of the goods).

我们已安排好一辆卡车（去提货）了。