詞：indicator
英英釋義：something that can be regarded as a sign of something else
例句：Owning a property in first-tier cities is widely regarded as an indicator of wealth.
2. 為什么選這個(gè)詞？
“indicator”是可數(shù)名詞净薛，意思是“指示器兼丰、指示牌、標(biāo)志”熙掺。我們來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)它作“標(biāo)志”的用法，作這層意思講 indicator 和 indication 可以同意替換。如果 A is an indicator/indication of B, 我們會(huì)習(xí)慣說(shuō)“從 A 可以看出 B”或“A 是 B 的標(biāo)志”悠鞍。我們可以用 indicator 來(lái)替換 sign。掌握這個(gè)詞可以提高我們口語(yǔ)和寫(xiě)作的表達(dá)質(zhì)量模燥。下面通過(guò)幾個(gè)例子來(lái)徹底搞定這個(gè)詞咖祭。
在一線城市擁有房產(chǎn)往往被視作是富有的標(biāo)志，我們就可以說(shuō)：
Owning a property in first-tier cities is widely regarded as an indicator of wealth/affluence.
國(guó)家之間外交關(guān)系的正衬杪睿化往往是從元首的正式訪問(wèn)開(kāi)始的么翰，比如幾年前奧巴馬訪問(wèn)古巴，成為將近 90 年來(lái)第一位訪問(wèn)該國(guó)的美國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人辽旋，就可以說(shuō)：
Obama's visit to Cuba was an indicator of the improvement in relations between the the USA and Cuba.
從員工流失率可以看出一個(gè)公司的文化和競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力浩嫌，我們就可以說(shuō)：
Turnover rates are a good/reliable indicator of a company's culture and competitiveness.
英文中有一個(gè)詞專門表示“員工流失率”檐迟，那就是 turnover。
最后來(lái)看幾個(gè)《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》中的例句：
1) Insects are indicators of ecosystem health.
2) When, in 2015, the government auctioned a site off the Massachusetts coast, the winning bid was $281,285—“a very clear indicator of a market that was basically dead”, says Thomas Brostrom, who leads the North American business for Orsted, a Danish energy firm.
3) Nelson Blackley of Nottingham Business School says that a strong indicator of the lack of confidence in the sector is that last year saw the lowest number of sales of malls since the recession in 2008.
3. 怎樣學(xué)會(huì)使用這個(gè)詞码耐？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
出國(guó)旅行已經(jīng)不再被視為是富有的象征了追迟。
（參考翻譯：Traveling abroad is no longer deemed an indicator of affluence. 或 Traveling abroad has become an unreliable indicator of wealth.）
2）結(jié)合自己的生活、學(xué)習(xí)骚腥、工作敦间、興趣等，想象在什么語(yǔ)境下會(huì)用到這個(gè)表達(dá)束铭。先簡(jiǎn)要描述這個(gè)場(chǎng)景廓块，再造句。
例子：
場(chǎng)景 ： Good appetite is? an indictor? of? health.?
