【arabia】 - A-level备考词汇

arabia

UK:  [əˈreibjə]

US:  [əˈrebiə]

n.

1.阿拉伯半岛〔亚洲〕

1 . What strange twists of fate had caused a refuge from Nazi persecution to wind up in Arabia as the representative of American democracy.
是受了什么稀奇古怪的命运的主宰，使我能从一个逃脱了纳粹迫害的难民如今变成了代表美国这个民主国家出使阿拉伯世界的使者的呢！

2 . Saudi Arabia, the biggest employer, has hired only a few thousand workers since the start of the year.
但自新年开始以来，最大的雇主沙特阿拉伯仅仅聘用了几千名工人。

3 . The woman was believed to have been a member of a well-off family visiting Venice from Saudi Arabia or a Gulf state.
这位穆斯林妇女据信是沙特阿拉伯或者某波斯湾国家人，出身富裕家庭，到威尼斯旅行。

4 . But Saudi Arabia, Coll shows, is a place where the interests of rulers and revolutionaries are less easy to distinguish.
但是，科尔表示，在沙特阿拉伯，统治者与革命者间的利益划分很难做到泾渭分明。

5 . Despite saying it stands ready to produce more oil, Saudi Arabia has so far been reluctant to turn its stop cocks.
尽管一直对外宣称已做好增加石油产量的准备，沙特目前行动上还是举棋不定。