iBT新托福重点考察词汇之TRANSPORTATION【无老师词汇系列】

从梦想到现实有多远？它的距离是想象与实行。从你的心到她的心有多远？它的距离是水杯的远度（如果看不懂请参见《冷读术》这本书）。从你的孝心到父母的满意有多远？它只在一句话的距离。从颐和园到天安门有多远？这取决于你要运行的轨迹。从颐和园我们可以坐公交车，打车，步行，轮滑，每一种都是一种transportation方式。其实这里的道理很简单，想达到同一目标，方式可以是多种多样的。我们与其寻找所谓最快速的方式，不如去寻觅最适合自己的方式。你如果想体会夏日的风情，就选择轮滑，你如果想体会民风，就乘公交，你如果喜欢与人沟通，毫无疑问，北京的的哥的姐最适合您。在托福考试里面，什么是transportation？那就是

Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways.

These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation: urban sprawl was essentially unplanned.

看来还是例句最有说服力。^_^

transport 1

/ trænˈspɔːt; trænsˋpɔrt/ v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth/sb (from…) (to…) 1 take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle 运送, 运输（某物[某人]）: transport goods by lorry 用卡车运载货物.

(esp formerly) send a criminal to a distant place as a punishment （尤指旧时）流放: transported to Australia for life 终身流放至澳大利亚.

> transportable / -əbl; -əbl/ adj that can be transported可运输的; 可流放的.

transportation / ˏtrænspɔːˈteɪʃn; ˏtrænspɚˋteʃən/ n [U]

1 (esp US) = transport: [attrib 作定语] transportation costs 运费.

2 transporting or being transported 运送; 运输; 流放: sentenced to transportation 判处流刑.

transported adj [pred 作表语] ~ (with sth) (rhet 修辞) overcome by emotion 情不自禁: Listening to her recent performance I felt totally transported. 我听着她最近演出的作品, 喜不自胜. * transported with joy, anger, fear, etc 乐不可支﹑ 怒不可遏﹑ 惊恐万状.

transporter / trænˈspɔːtə(r); trænsˋpɔrtɚ/ n large vehicle used for carrying cars, etc （大型的）运输车（用於装运汽车等的）.