Idealists have objected to the practice of camping, as to the package tour, that the traveller abroad thereby denies himself the opportunity of getting to know the people of the country visited.

object to (doing) sth. ^{反对（做）某事；不赞成（to 为介词，后接名词或动名词）}

• Robson strongly objected to the terms of the contract.
• I objected to having to rewrite the article.
• Many citizens object to the proposal to build a new factory near the river. ^{许多市民反对在河边建造新工厂的提议。}
• She objects to being called by her nickname in professional settings. ^{她反对在专业场合被叫昵称。}
• We strongly object to the way the evidence was presented. ^{我们强烈反对证据的呈现方式。}
• Many local residents object to building a new highway through the park. ^{许多当地居民反对修建一条穿过公园的新公路。}

package tour ^{n. a vacation arranged by a travel company for a fixed price that includes the cost of your hotel and transportation, and sometimes meals and entertainment 由旅行社安排一切的一揽子旅游}

• We have a full package tour. ^{我们有包价旅游。}
• You can have a package tour. ^{你可以跟团旅行。}
• If we go on a package tour. ^{如果我们的旅游由旅行社承包。}
• There is a three-day package tour. ^{有一个三天的包价旅游。}
• I'd prefer a package tour. ^{我喜欢由旅行社安排一切的旅游。}
• Well, I'd recommend a package tour. ^{那么，我建议您参加包办旅行。}

Idealists have objected to the practice of camping, as (idealists have objected) to the package tour, that the traveller abroad thereby denies himself the opportunity of getting to know the people of the country visited. ^{状语从句的省略}

• On the occasions when they have pushed to shore an unconscious human being they have much more likely done it out of curiosity or for sport, as (they have done it out of curiosity or for sport) in riding the bow waves of a ship.

thereby ^{adv. (fml.) with the result that sth. else happens 藉以，从而，由此}

• He became a citizen in 1978, thereby gaining the right to vote.
• He retired early, thereby giving up a substantial part of his pension. ^{他提前退休，从而放弃了大部分养老金。}

deny oneself sth. ^{(fml.) to refuse to let yourself have sth. that you would like to have, esp. for moral or religious reasons 不让自己拥有…克制自己，剥夺自己}

• He denied himself all pleasures and luxuries.
• She denied herself many luxuries to save money for her studies. ^{她克制自己享受许多奢侈品，以便为学习省钱。}
• We should try to deny ourselves from indulging in computer games. ^{我们应该尽力克制自己，不使自己沉溺于电脑游戏。}

get to like / know / understand sb. / sth. ^{to gradually begin to like, know, or understand sb. or sth. 逐渐去...（喜欢、理解）某事某物}

• It'll take a while for you to get to know everyone.
• After a while, I got to like him.

Insularity and self-containment, it is argued, go hand in hand.

it is argued that insularity and self-containment go hand in hand. ^正常语序
Insularity and self-containment, it is argued, go hand in hand. ^突出重点

• It seems that dogs love to chew up money. ⇒ Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money. ^突出重点

self-contained ^{adj. (of a person) not needing the company of others, reserved （指人）不需与他人来往的，拘谨的；独立自足的；内敛的；寡言的}

• He is a very self-contained man who rarely shares his feelings with others. ^{他是个非常内敛的人，很少与他人分享自己的感受。}
• Each settler is given a self-contained complete unit with residential, arable and grazing lot. ^{给每个定居者一个独立的完整的单元住宅，耕地和牧场。}
• His emotional self-containment made it hard for others to get close to him. ^{他情感上的自我封闭使得别人很难靠近他。}

go hand in hand ^{if two things go hand in hand, they are closely connected 紧密相连；密切相关，相辅相成}

• Wealth and power go hand in hand in most societies.
• Success and hard work often go hand in hand. ^{成功和努力工作通常密切相关。}
• Poverty and disease frequently go hand in hand in developing countries. ^{贫穷和疾病在发展中国家经常相辅相成。}
• The quality of the ingredients and the skill of the chef go hand in hand. ^{食材的质量和厨师的技艺密切相关。}

The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place.

survive ^{v. continue to live or exist in spite of nearly being killed or destroyed by sth.经历…幸存;经受住...的}

• survive an earthquake
• Few buildings survived the bombing raids intact. 
• The plants may not survive severe winters.
• His idealism did not survive experience of the harsh reality of politics. ^{他的理想主义经受不住残酷政治现实的考验。}
• The old car miraculously survived experience of a severe flood. ^{这辆旧车奇迹般地经受住了严重洪水的经验。}
• The theory will not survive experience of real-world application. ^{这个理论经受不住实际应用的经验。}

Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively. 

tend to ^{倾向于，往往会}

• People often tend to avoid conflict when possible. ^{人们往往会尽可能避免冲突。}
• Children tend to learn new languages more quickly than adults. ^{儿童倾向于比成年人更快地学习新语言。}
• The prices of vegetables tend to rise in the winter months. ^{蔬菜的价格往往会在冬季上涨。}

_(Br.E.) cater for sb./sth. = _(Am.E.) cater to sb./sth. ^{to provide the things that a particular person or situation needs or wants 满足，迎合（需要）}

• The class caters for all ability ranges.
• Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze not only by running special advisory services for novices, but by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home.
• an LA bank catering to Asian businesses
• They only publish novels which cater to the mass market.
• The menu is designed to cater for a variety of dietary needs. ^{菜单旨在迎合各种饮食需求。}
• The training course caters to beginners as well as experienced users. ^{这个培训课程既迎合初学者也迎合经验丰富的用户。}
• This particular magazine mainly caters to the teenage market. ^{这本特定的杂志主要迎合青少年市场。}

exclusively ^{adv. used for emphasizing that sth. is available to or limited to one specific thing or group 独享地，排他地，独有地}

• a club exclusively for women
• The club is exclusively for members who have been invited. ^{这个俱乐部专门为被邀请的成员服务。}

Camping sites, by contrast, are highly cosmopolitan.

by contrast ^{相比之下，与此相反}

• Her brother is very outgoing; by contrast, she is quite shy. ^{她哥哥非常外向；相比之下，她相当害羞。}
• The first presentation was dull; by contrast, the second one was very engaging. ^{第一次演讲很乏味；与此相反，第二次演讲非常引人入胜。}
• Life in the city is fast-paced; country life, by contrast, is slow and quiet. ^{城市生活节奏快；相比之下，乡村生活缓慢而安静。}

cosmopolitan ^{世界性的，国际性的}

• London is a truly cosmopolitan city with people from all over the world. ^{伦敦是一个真正的世界性城市，有来自世界各地的人。}
• She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life due to her travels. ^{由于她的旅行，她对生活有着非常国际化的看法。}
• The restaurant serves a variety of cosmopolitan cuisine. ^{这家餐厅提供各种国际性的美食。}

Granted, a preponderance of Germans is a characteristic that seems common to most Mediterranean sites; but as yet there is no overwhelmingly specialized patronage.

a preponderance of sb./sth. ^{if there is a preponderance of people or things of a particular type in a group, there are more of that type than of any other（数量上的）优势，多数}

• There is a preponderance of female students in the music department.
• A preponderance of the students in the program came from overseas.
• There is a preponderance of evidence pointing to his guilt. ^{有大量的证据指向他的罪行。}
• The committee has a preponderance of members from the finance department. ^{委员会中来自财务部门的成员占多数。}
• Despite the preponderance of rainy days, we still enjoyed our holiday. ^{尽管下雨天占多数，我们仍然享受了我们的假期。}

as yet ^{until now 到现在为止，迄今为止（常用于否定句）}

• an as yet unpublished document
• As yet little is known of the causes of the disease.
• The treasure remains undiscovered as yet. ^{到目前为止，宝藏仍未被发现。}
• As yet, we have not received any official confirmation of the news. ^{迄今为止，我们尚未收到任何关于该消息的官方确认。}
• The problem, as yet, has no simple solution. ^{到目前为止，这个问题还没有简单的解决方案。}

specialized ^{adj. trained, designed, or developed for a particular purpose, type of work, place etc.专门的}

• specialized training for specific jobs
• the highly specialized plants that live in desert areas
• Everything has gone smoothly so far. ^{到目前为止，一切都很顺利。}

patronage ^{n. customer’s support for a shop, restaurant, etc. 光临，惠顾}

• We thank you for your patronage.
• The small bakery relies heavily on local patronage. ^{这家小面包店严重依赖当地顾客的光顾。}

Notices forbidding the open-air drying of clothes, or the use of water points for car washing, or those inviting 'our camping friends' to a dance or a boat trip are printed not only in French or Italian or Spanish, but also in English, German and Dutch.

water point ^{n. 供水点，饮水点}

• In the distance, people filled large water containers at a central water point. ^{远处，人们正在一个取水点用容器取水。}
• Now, with the water point located far closer, her burden will be less, as the distance will be shorter. ^{而现在，取水点要近得多，需要走的路短了，她的负担也减轻而来。}

dance ^{n. [C] social gathering at which people dance 舞会}

• to hold a dance in the village hall

At meal times the odour of sauerkraut vies with that of garlic.

odour ^{(US: odor) n. (pleasant or unpleasant) smell （香的或臭的）气味}

• the delicious odor of freshly-made coffee
• the unpleasant odor of over-ripe cheese
• The entire room was filled with the sweet odour of freshly baked bread. ^{整个房间充满了新鲜出炉面包的甜美气味。}
• An unusual odour of gas prompted the staff to call the maintenance team. ^{一种不寻常的煤气味促使工作人员打电话给维修队。}
• The gentle odour of the roses wafted through the window. ^{玫瑰花的淡淡气味透过窗户飘进来。}

sauerkraut ^德式酸菜

• The hot dog was topped with mustard and sauerkraut. ^{热狗上面放着芥末和德式酸菜。}

vie with ^{v. to compete with other people to achieve or obtain sth. 与...竞争，相抗衡(与对手)}

• The two older children tend to vie with the younger one for their mother's attention. 
• Several companies are vying with each other for the lucrative government contract. ^{几家公司正在相互竞争，争夺这份利润丰厚的政府合同。}
• The noise of the traffic vied with the music coming from the restaurant. ^{交通噪音与餐厅里传出的音乐相抗衡。}
• In the dense forest, the trees vied with each other for sunlight. ^{在茂密的森林里，树木为了阳光而相互竞争。}

The Frenchman's breakfast coffee competes with the Englishman's bacon and eggs.

compete with ^{与...竞争，相媲美}

• The new smartphone model is designed to compete with the leading brands. ^{这款新的智能手机型号旨在与领先品牌竞争。}
• The small theatre cannot compete with the grand opera house in terms of funding. ^{这家小剧院在资金方面无法与大歌剧院相媲美。}
• His enthusiasm for the job competes with his desire for a higher salary. ^{他对工作的热情与他对更高薪水的渴望相抗衡。}