大学英语：熟词僻义fashion n.①流行式样(或货品)，风尚，风气②样子，方式vt.形成，制作，塑造

【例句】 More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion (n.①), companies have started to buy and sell products and services with one another.[1999年阅读2]

【例句精译】 最近，在网络已被证明不是一时的时髦之后，公司间便开始(在网上)交易产品和服务。

【例句】 His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied reengineering in a mechanistic fashion (n.②), chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long-term profitability.[1998年阅读2]

【例句精译】 他的同事迈克·比尔说，太多的企业以机械的方式进行重组，降低了成本却?有考虑到长远效益。【例句】 If the Administration won’t take the legislative initiative, Congress should help to begin fashioning (vt.) conservation measures.[2005年阅读2]

【例句精译】 假如政府当局?有采取司法行动，议会就应该协助来推广环保措施。