【anthem】 - AEAS备考词汇

anthem

UK:  ['ænθəm]

US:  [ˈænθəm]

复数：anthems  

n.

1.国家或组织的法定歌曲,通常在特别场合演唱

2.对某一人群有重要意义的歌曲

3.圣歌;赞美诗

1 . Fans also continued a new tradition, begun a few days ago at the Boston garden, of singing the national anthem themselves without a solos.
球迷们还继续着几天前在波士顿花园开始的新传统，没有独奏开始唱国歌。

2 . As Annie Lennox pointed out, in a song that has almost earned the status of an anthem, "Sisters are doing it for themselves. "
正如安妮·伦诺克斯在一首可称得上是颂歌的歌曲中指出的，“姐妹们都在为自己做事。”

3 . One of the songs they sang was an unofficial anthem of the secret services called "What Does the Motherland Start With? "
他们唱的歌曲中有一首情报部门非官方的颂歌取自老苏联时期的电视剧主题歌叫“祖国从何开始”。

4 . Since our national anthem used to be Australia's as well, he didn't need to refer to the words, which had been helpfully printed on a sheet.
由于英国国歌曾经也是澳大利亚国歌，他都不必去参照被周到地打印在纸上的歌词。

5 . Mr Putin always took great care over symbols, marking the beginning of his rule with the restoration of the Soviet anthem.
普京先生总是非常注重象征，他用恢复苏联颂歌标志自己统治的开始。