37. more and more → increasingly 越来越…

　　【例句】

　　①I think that the world is more and more uncertain.(economist.com)

　　我认为世界将变得越来越不确定。

　　②Success in business increasingly depends on chance encounters.(economist.com)

　　在商界的成功越来越依靠机遇了。

　　③Scientists are increasingly worried about the amount of debris orbiting the Earth.(economist.com)

　　科学家越来越担心围绕着地球飞行的残骸量。

　　④Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours.(economist.com) 越来越多的美国人正选择住在志同道合的邻居中间。

　　38. most (of) → the majority of 大多数，大部分

　　【例句】

　　①Despite receiving billions of dollars of aid， most of its 35m people remain poor.(economist.com) 尽管接受了数十亿的援助，其3500万民众中的大部分仍然贫困。

　　②In most countries， the majority of wealth is concentrated in a fairly small number of hands.(economist.com)

　　在大部分国家，大部分财富集中于相当一小部分人手中。

　　③Technology has not simplified the lives of the majority of the people on the planet， including.(economist.com)

　　科技没有使地球上大部分人的生活变得简单。

　　39. method → approach 方法，手段

　　①China and India are finding two somewhat different approaches to getting rid of poverty， yet they have similarities.(economist.com)

　　中国和印度找到两种略有不同的方法摆脱贫困，尽管它们有相似之处。

　　②You should not hesitate to break away from conventional approaches.(cnn.com)

　　你应该毫不犹豫地抛弃传统方法。

　　40. often adv. → frequently经常地，频繁地

　　【例句】

　　Limestone was frequently used as a building material. (Longman)

　　石灰石常被用作建筑材料。

　　41. old → aged， elderly 年迈的，年老的

　　the aged/old/elderly → old people 老年人

　　【例句】

　　The charity concert is designed to help the aged.

　　这场慈善音乐会旨在帮助老年人。

　　42. only adj. → sole 唯一的

　　only adv. → solely 仅仅地

　　【例句】

　　①Griffiths is the sole survivor of the crash.(Longman)

　　格里菲斯是这场坠机事故中唯一的幸存者。

　　②We simply cannot rely solely on the market to fix our problems.(bbc.co.uk)

　　我们不能仅仅依靠市场来解决我们的问题。