However, for many Americans today, weekend work has unfortunately become the rule rather than the exception.是什么意思？

However, for many Americans today, weekend work has unfortunately become the rule rather than the exception.

然而，現(xiàn)在對(duì)于很多美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，周末工作不幸已經(jīng)成為了一種普遍情況，而非例外。

however

adv. 不管到什么程度，無(wú)論如何，然而，可是；conj. 不管怎樣；

例句
The fact remains that inflation, however you measure it, is unacceptably high...
必須承認(rèn)，無(wú)論怎么衡量，通貨膨脹率都高得難以接受。

for

prep. 為，為了，傾向于，關(guān)于，當(dāng)作；conj. 因?yàn)椋捎冢?/span>

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特來(lái)討教。

many

adj. 許多，多的；pron. （與復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）大多數(shù)人；

例句
There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.
仍有很多人對(duì)墮胎行為表示厭惡。

Americans

n. 美國(guó)人，美洲人( American的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )，美國(guó)英語(yǔ)；

例句
Both the Americans and the Russians are anxious to avoid conflict in South Asia...
美國(guó)人和俄羅斯人都迫切希望避免在南亞發(fā)生沖突。

today

adv. （在）今天，現(xiàn)在，現(xiàn)今，現(xiàn)代，當(dāng)代；n. 今天，今日，現(xiàn)代，當(dāng)代，現(xiàn)今；

例句
He told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air.
今天他告訴記者們總統(tǒng)是否前往莫斯科尚未確定。

weekend

n. 周末，星期六和星期日（或略長(zhǎng)一點(diǎn)的）休息時(shí)間；vi. 過周末，度周末；adj. 周末的；

例句
Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...
周末與教師工會(huì)舉行的談判避免了一場(chǎng)罷工。

work

vt.& vi. 使工作，使運(yùn)作，操作，使產(chǎn)生效果；n. 工作，操作，著作，工廠，行為，事業(yè)；vt. 使工作，操作，經(jīng)營(yíng)，使緩慢前進(jìn)；

例句
Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
多數(shù)人不難理解為什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。

has

v. 有( have的第三人稱單數(shù) )，（親屬關(guān)系中）接受，拿，買到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做過的手術(shù)

unfortunately

adv. 不幸地，遺憾地，可惜，不巧；

例句
This man may have killed others but unfortunately we have no firm evidence...
這名男子可能還殺害過其他人，只可惜我們沒有確鑿的證據(jù)。

become

vi. 變?yōu)椋蔀椋兊茫兂桑籿t. 適合，適宜，相稱，相當(dāng)，變成，發(fā)生；

例句
...abandoned buildings that become a breeding ground for crime.
淪為了犯罪溫床的棄置樓群

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指說(shuō)話人與聽者已知的人（物），用于獨(dú)一無(wú)二的事物前，與形容詞最高級(jí)和序數(shù)詞連用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他對(duì)該國(guó)的確知之甚多。

rule

n. 規(guī)則，規(guī)定，統(tǒng)治，支配，章程；vt.& vi. 控制，支配，判定，裁定，裁決，價(jià)格穩(wěn)定；vt. 統(tǒng)治，規(guī)定，管理，裁決；vi. 統(tǒng)治，管轄，裁定；

例句
The officer cited the federation's rule on affiliation.
該官員引用了聯(lián)邦政府對(duì)于隸屬關(guān)系的規(guī)定。

rather

adv. 稍微，有點(diǎn)，相當(dāng)，頗，寧愿，相反地；int. 當(dāng)然啦，怎么不；

例句
These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.
這些酒可能喝著比較沖并且有股酸味。

than

conj. 比（用于比較級(jí)），寧愿…而不愿，除…以外，一…就；prep. 超過，比；

例句
...more than a thousand acres of land.
1,000多英畝地

exception

n. 例外，一般情況以外的人（或事物），除外，反對(duì)，批評(píng)，[法律]異議，反對(duì)；

例句
There were no floral offerings at the ceremony, with the exception of a single red rose...
除了一朵紅色玫瑰花外，儀式上沒有任何獻(xiàn)花。

...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飛機(jī)減速的螺旋形氣流渦旋

You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我隨后就來(lái)。

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打兒子的,是恨惡他;疼愛兒子的, 趁早管教.

For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
詳情請(qǐng)致電414 3925,轉(zhuǎn)分機(jī)2253。

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。

Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切爾女男爵的主張?jiān)诤芏嗳丝磥?lái)是可信的。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收獲。

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
該法令迫使工會(huì)推遲罷工。

The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索權(quán)當(dāng)有支付義務(wù)的第一方不能支付時(shí)，可以向商業(yè)票據(jù)的背書人要求支付的權(quán)力。

...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy...
不受官僚繁文縟節(jié)限制的私人信托

Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.
埃文河決堤的時(shí)候，有5對(duì)夫婦被困在了他們的房車?yán)铩?/a>

They have a normal body weight but see themselves as being fat...
他們體重正常，但自認(rèn)為偏胖。

My working days were spent mooning round his department, trying to sneak a chance encounter.
上班時(shí)我在他的部門轉(zhuǎn)來(lái)轉(zhuǎn)去，暗中尋找巧遇他的機(jī)會(huì)。

My father was unable to talk about the war, it was so frightful.
我父親沒法談?wù)撃菆?chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，那太可怕了。

So, what can women do to protect themselves from heart disease?...
那么，女性怎樣做才能使自己不得心臟病呢？

Don't let the dogs bark...
讓那些狗別叫。

I have never looked on a face that was so devoid of feeling...
我從來(lái)沒有見過一張如此面無(wú)表情的臉。

The Indian temple is an incongruous sight in the Welsh border country.
坐落在威爾士邊界鄉(xiāng)村里的印度廟宇看上去相當(dāng)突兀。