GRE英语

　　在这个色彩斑斓的世界，我们每天看到那么多颜色，你都知道用英语怎么说吗?先来看看“白”的说法吧!

　　与“白”有关的GRE英语

　　1. raise (or wave) a white flag

　　Meaning: to indicate that you have been defeated and you want to give up

　　意思：暗示你被打败了，你愿意放弃。

　　Sample Sentence: After we captured them, they had to raise a white flag.

　　例句：当我们抓住他们后，他们不得不举手投降。

　　Pop Culture Reference: Pop singer Dido references the symbolism represented in this idiom in her song "White Flag," singing: "..and I won't put my hands up and surrender. There will be no white flag above my door..."

　　流行文化推荐：流行歌手蒂朵在她的歌曲”白旗“中采用了这个习语的象征主义手法，歌中唱到：”…我不会举起双手投降。在我门前绝不会有白旗飘起…“

　　2. white-tie event/affair

　　Meaning: an event that requires guests to wear formal dress such as men wearing white bow ties with formal evening attire

　　意思：要求客人穿着正装的场合，例如男人着正式晚礼服，带白色蝴蝶结领结。

　　Sample Sentence: There was a white-tie wedding ceremony last week which I had to attend.

　　例句：上周我不得不参加一个白色领结结婚典礼。

　　Pop Culture Reference: Band names are known for being creative or including play on words. The pop/electronica band The White Tie Affair chose to name themselves with this idiom.

　　流行文化推荐：以创新风格闻名或包含双关语的乐队名。流行摇滚/电子乐队The White Tie Affair就是以这个习语命名的。

　　3. white elephant

　　Meaning: a useless, an unwanted possession that often costs money...

1. A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer.

2. While some leaders in government， sports， industry， and other areas attribute their success to a well-developed sense of competition， a society can better prepare its young people for leadership by instilling in them a sense of cooperation.

3. In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level， all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach.

4. Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study because acquiring knowledge of various academic disciplines is the best way to become truly educated.

5. Colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music， film， advertising， and television because contemporary culture has much greater relevance for students than do arts and literature of the past.

6. It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and d...