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a. 近来的,新近的

词形变化:

副词:recently 名词:recency

例句与用法:

1. In recent times the price of just about everything has gone up.

近来差不多样样东西都涨价。

2. It is only recently that I started painting.

我开始作画，仅仅是最近的事情。

3. Recent discoveries will bear his prediction out.

近来的种种发现将会证实他的预言。

4. Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.

排他主义，是为了近来的有钱人家、上流阶级以及臭鼬等的特色。

5. Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.

近年来我们的对外贸易有所扩大。

6. The recent scandal has provided the government's opponents with plenty of ammunition.

最近的丑闻给政府的反对派提供了大量的炮弹。

7. The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments.

部长就局势的最新发展作了另一番解释。

8. The government's control over the newspapers has loosened in recent years.

近年来政府已放松了对报纸的控制。

the last two years 近两年