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#每天打卡背單詞#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto

作者:TimHortons下午茶

#每天打卡背單詞# The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

對于大多數人來說,更大的危險并不在于把目标定得太高而達不到,而在于把目标定得太低而滿足!

今日份打卡10個單詞:

1. asylum: [əˈsaɪləm]

n. [U] 政治避難,政治庇護;[C] <舊>精神病院

to claim political asylum: 要求政治避難

to apply for political asylum:申請~~

to grant political asylum:給予~~

2. prestige: [preˈstiːʒ]

n. 聲望,威信

adj. 受尊重的,令人敬仰的;貴重的,氣派的

例:

It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.

是他在外交事務中的盡職盡責為他赢得了國際聲望。

3. influx: n. (人或物的)大量湧入,大量流入;(水)流入,注入(河,湖,海)

○→ 複數 influxes

例:

…problems caused by the influx of refugees.

…難民大量湧入所造成的問題。

4. adverse: [ˈædvɜːs]

adj. 不利的,有害的;相反的;敵對的

例:

This drug is known to have adverse side effects.

衆所周知,這種藥具有不良副作用。

5. adversative:

adj.反意的;表示相反的

n. 反意語;轉折詞

6. obsession: n. 癡迷,困擾;令人着迷的人(或事物)

have an obsession with…: 沉迷于…

This untutored mathematician had an obsession with numbers.

這位未接受過正式教育的數學家對數字十分癡迷。

7. laud: [lɔːd]

vt. <正式>贊美,稱贊

n. <古>贊美,稱贊;頌歌;(lauds)晨禱

○→ to laud sb.: 贊美某人

例:

Dickens was lauded for his social and moral sensitivity.

狄更斯因他的社會和道德敏感度被稱贊。

○→ lauded: adj.受褒揚的

…the most lauded actress in New York.

...紐約最受褒揚的女演員。

○→ laudable: adj. 值得贊賞的

8. haphazard: [hæpˈhæzəd]

adj. 無計劃的,沒有條理的

○→ hap: 原意指“機會,運氣”

→happen(發生)

+hazard (危險的)

→ haphazard:偶然的;無計劃的,沒有條理的

有點牽強,但能記住就成[可愛]

例:

The investigation does seem haphazard.

這次調查似乎的确沒有計劃性。

I don't like the haphazard way he does things. 不喜歡他随意的辦事方式。

○→ hazardous: 有危險的

○→ haphazardness: n. 随意性

9. drastic:

adj. 極端的,激烈的; 有力的;嚴厲的;巨大的;相當大的

○→ drastically 徹底地;激烈地

○→ to take drastic action: 采取嚴厲行動

例:

Drastic measures are needed.

需要采取強有力的措施。

Elderly people are unable to make drastic changes. 老年人無法作出太大改變。

10. brandish: vt. (得意地或威脅性地)揮舞,揮動;炫耀

n. 揮舞, 揮動

例:

He never brandishes his intellect.

他從不炫耀自己有多聰明。

Swords brandished and banners waved.

刀劍揮舞,旌旗飄揚。

She answered with a brandish of her umbrella. 她揮動着傘柏答。

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#每天打卡背單詞#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
#每天打卡背單詞#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
#每天打卡背單詞#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
#每天打卡背單詞#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
#每天打卡背單詞#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
#每天打卡背單詞#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto

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