托福词汇短语汇总（十三）

关键字托福词汇;短语汇总

2015-09-11 来源：新通外语网igo99.cn 作者：新通教育阅读量：手机阅读

导读

词汇的积累对托福考试至关重要，词汇积累的越多，整个备考过程也就会越来越顺风顺水。托福考试中常常涉及各种短语以及固定搭配，很让考生头疼。接下来新通小编为大家重点介绍托福考试中会涉及到的短语，相信对于以后的托福考试一定会有帮助的。

to flag something up 引起注意

英语短语 to flag something up 的意思是强调某事的重要性或把问题提出来让大家都知道。

例句
At the meeting Martin flagged up the issue of late payments. He said that we hadn't paid our suppliers for three months.
There are a couple of points that I'd like to flag up today: one is the increasing number of customer complaints and the other is the problem with our computer system.

注意
单词 flagging 的意思是体力变若，精力下降。

例句
I worked really hard from 7am until lunch, but after lunch I was really flagging!

今日小常识
The colourful triangular flags in the picture are called 'bunting', and are often seen at street parties and weddings in the UK. The flags have a long history in the UK, though they have seen a particular return to popularity after the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011.

图中五彩缤纷的三角形彩旗在英语中叫 bunting 旗布。常见于英国街道派对和婚礼聚会。这种小彩旗虽然在英国有多年历史，不过自2011年威廉和凯特的婚礼之后，小彩旗又重新流行起来了。