#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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