news /njuːz/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT News is information about a recently changed situation or a recent event. 消息

  例：

  We waited and waited for news of him.

  我们等啊等啊，等他的消息。

  例：

  They still haven't had any news about when they'll be able to go home.

  他们仍然没有得到任何关于他们何时才能回家的消息。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT News is information that is published in newspapers and broadcast on radio and television about recent events in the country or world or in a particular area of activity. 新闻 [also 'the' N]

  例：

  Foreign News is on page 16.

  国外新闻在第16版。

  例：

  Those are some of the top stories in the news.

  那是新闻中的一些顶级报道。

• 3. 

  N-SING The news is a television or radio broadcast which consists of information about recent events in the country or the world. (电视、电台等的) 新闻广播

  例：

  I heard all about the bombs on the news.

  我从新闻广播里听到了关于炸弹的所有消息。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone or something is news, you mean that they are considered to be interesting and important at the moment, and that people want to hear about them on the radio and television and in newspapers. 新闻人物; 新闻事件 [非正式]

  例：

  A murder was big news.

  谋杀案是大新闻。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is bad news, you mean that it will cause you trouble or problems. If you say that something is good news, you mean that it will be useful or helpful to you. 坏事/好事

  例：

  The drop in travel is bad news for the airline industry.

  旅游业滑坡对航空业来说是件坏事。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is news to you, you mean that you did not previously know what you have just been told, especially when you are surprised or annoyed about it. 对…来说是新闻

  例：

  I'd certainly tell you if I knew anything, but I don't. What you're saying is news to me.

  我要是知道点儿什么，我肯定告诉你，可我不知道。你现在说的对我还是新闻呢。