#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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