第九单元 信息技术

common ground

shared beliefs or interests There was little common ground between the two sides and the negotiations for the new machinery did not go well.

（争论双方的）共同基础；一致之处

seek common ground

雅思基础词汇

shelve  [ʃelv]

vt.置于架子上,缓议,搁置,解雇； 搁置，将某事放到一旁不予考虑

vi. 倾斜

shelve difference  搁置差别

facilitate  [fəˈsiliteit]

vt.（不以人作主语的）使容易,使便利,推动,帮助,使容易,促进

at stake 危如累卵；处于危险中；在紧要关头

stake    [steik]

n. 桩，棍子；赌注；火刑；奖金

vt. 资助，支持；系…于桩上；把…押下打赌

vi. 打赌