四级Extravagance (奢侈) is out Business folk are bending over backwards to avoid seeming extravagant.

奢侈(奢侈) 商界人士正在竭尽全力避免显得奢侈。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级Sometimes, when he meets a difficulty, he even goes backwards to see again what has already been looked at once.

有时，当他遇到困难时，他甚至会后退一步，再次看到已经看到的东西。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级The teacher’s task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at a glance (one eye-jump’) and to remove the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time.

因此，老师的任务很明确：就是训练学生一眼就能记住几个单词（一只眼睛跳起来），并消除向后读第二遍的必要性。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级Businessfolk are bending over backwards to avoid seeming extravagant.

商人们正竭尽全力避免显得过于奢侈。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

考研It rose awkwardly and vertically into the air from a standing start, hovered a few feet above the ground, went sideways and backwards, and then settled back to earth.

它从一个站着的地方笨拙地垂直上升到空中，在离地面几英尺的地方盘旋，侧身向后移动，然后降落回地面。

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