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adj.当前的,通用的,流通的,现在的,草写的,最近的 n.涌流,趋势,电流,水流,气流

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名词:currentness 副词:currently

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cur=to run(流;跑) 变化型 course

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flow  happening  present  prevalent  stream    

current


/'kʌrənt; `kɝənt/
adj
1 [usu attrib 通常作定语] of the present time; happening now 现在的; 现行的; 当前发生的
*current issues, problems, prices 目前的议题、问题、价格
* the current issue of a magazine 最新一期的杂志
* the current year, ie this year 今年
* current events in India 印度的要闻
* her current boy-friend 她现在的男朋友.
2 in common or general use; generally accepted 通用的; 通行的; 被普遍接受的
*current opinions, beliefs, etc 普遍的看法、信仰等
* words that are no longer current 已不通用的词
* a rumour that is current (ie widely known) in the city 在城里广为传播的谣言. =>Usage at new 用法见new.

/'kʌrənt; `kɝənt/
n
1 [C] movement of water, air, etc flowing in a certain direction through slower-moving or still water, air, etc (水、气等的)流, 流动
*The swimmer was swept away by the current. 那个游泳的人被激流卷走了.
* She had to swim against the current. 她必须逆着水流往上游.
* Currents of warm air keep the hang-gliders aloft. 悬挂式滑翔机藉着暖气流在高空飞行.
2 [U, sing] flow of electricity through sth or along a wire or cable 电流
*a 15-amp current 强度为15安培的电流
* Turn on the current. 接通电源.
* A sudden surge in the current made the lights fuse. 电压突然增加烧断了保险丝而使电灯熄灭. Cf 参看 alternating current (alternate2), direct current (direct1).
3 [C] course or movement (of events, opinions, etc); trend (事件、见解等的)趋向, 趋势, 倾向
*Nothing disturbs the peaceful current of life in the village. 没有任何事干扰村里一向平静的生活.
* We must try to counteract the present current of anti-government feeling. 我们应该努力消除目前的这股反政府情绪.
1. But optimists see the current problems of expanding cities as merely part of an evolutionary process.
    但是乐观主义者认为,现在城市膨胀造成的问题只不过是发展过程中的自然现象。

2. By measuring how closely current populations are related, the authors trace the routes by which early humans migrated around the earth.
    通过测定当前人类种群间的亲缘关系,作者们弄清了地球上早期人类迁移的路线。

3. We were rowing against the current.
    我们逆水划船.

4. Wires transmit an electric current.
    电线传导电流.

5. When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is lending the bank money, repayment of which he may demand at any time, either in cash or by drawing a cheque in favour of another person.
    任何人在银行开一个活期账户,就等于把钱借给了银行。这笔钱他可以随时提取,提取的方式可以是取现金,也可以是开一张以他人为收款人的支票。

6. The current is strongest in the middle of the river.
    河中心的水流最急.

7. They throw a holly wreath into the current in the winter.
    在冬季,他们向河里扔一个常青树的花环。

8. They plunged into the lake, and after loading their gear on an inflatable rubber dinghy, let the current carry them to the other side.
    他们跳入湖中,把各种器具装上一只充气的橡皮艇,听任水流将他们带往对岸。

9. The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.
    我家的男人们手拿船篙过被水淹没草场,希望能够钩住筏子的一角,将它拽出激流,拖回岸边。他们终于成功了。

10. Tomorrow afternoon there will be a talk on current affairs by a reporter from "the People´s Daily".
    明天下午《人民日报》社有一位记者来做时事报告。

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