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#每天打卡背单词#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto

作者:TimHortons下午茶

#每天打卡背单词# 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.

对于大多数人来说,更大的危险并不在于把目标定得太高而达不到,而在于把目标定得太低而满足!

今日份打卡10个单词:

1. asylum: [əˈsaɪləm]

n. [U] 政治避难,政治庇护;[C] <旧>精神病院

to claim political asylum: 要求政治避难

to apply for political asylum:申请~~

to grant political asylum:给予~~

2. prestige: [preˈstiːʒ]

n. 声望,威信

adj. 受尊重的,令人敬仰的;贵重的,气派的

例:

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

是他在外交事务中的尽职尽责为他赢得了国际声望。

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

○→ 复数 influxes

例:

…problems caused by the influx of refugees.

…难民大量涌入所造成的问题。

4. adverse: [ˈædvɜːs]

adj. 不利的,有害的;相反的;敌对的

例:

This drug is known to have adverse side effects.

众所周知,这种药具有不良副作用。

5. adversative:

adj.反意的;表示相反的

n. 反意语;转折词

6. obsession: n. 痴迷,困扰;令人着迷的人(或事物)

have an obsession with…: 沉迷于…

This untutored mathematician had an obsession with numbers.

这位未接受过正式教育的数学家对数字十分痴迷。

7. laud: [lɔːd]

vt. <正式>赞美,称赞

n. <古>赞美,称赞;颂歌;(lauds)晨祷

○→ to laud sb.: 赞美某人

例:

Dickens was lauded for his social and moral sensitivity.

狄更斯因他的社会和道德敏感度被称赞。

○→ lauded: adj.受褒扬的

…the most lauded actress in New York.

...纽约最受褒扬的女演员。

○→ laudable: adj. 值得赞赏的

8. haphazard: [hæpˈhæzəd]

adj. 无计划的,没有条理的

○→ hap: 原意指“机会,运气”

→happen(发生)

+hazard (危险的)

→ haphazard:偶然的;无计划的,没有条理的

有点牵强,但能记住就成[可爱]

例:

The investigation does seem haphazard.

这次调查似乎的确没有计划性。

I don't like the haphazard way he does things. 不喜欢他随意的办事方式。

○→ hazardous: 有危险的

○→ haphazardness: n. 随意性

9. drastic:

adj. 极端的,激烈的; 有力的;严厉的;巨大的;相当大的

○→ drastically 彻底地;激烈地

○→ to take drastic action: 采取严厉行动

例:

Drastic measures are needed.

需要采取强有力的措施。

Elderly people are unable to make drastic changes. 老年人无法作出太大改变。

10. brandish: vt. (得意地或威胁性地)挥舞,挥动;炫耀

n. 挥舞, 挥动

例:

He never brandishes his intellect.

他从不炫耀自己有多聪明。

Swords brandished and banners waved.

刀剑挥舞,旌旗飘扬。

She answered with a brandish of her umbrella. 她挥动着伞柏答。

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#每天打卡背单词#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
#每天打卡背单词#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
#每天打卡背单词#Thegreaterdangerformostofusliesnotinsettingouraimto
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