It's always the attention to detail and the little grace notes that really make something sing.注重细节必成大器。
grace notes 装饰音,花音
make something sing=make something stand out.
It's the XX that makes... 强调XX
好惹,这是今天学的句子。本篇文章主要针对英语的读写所设置的。
时事评论与写作后期,如果我读外文杂志例如经济学人,纽约时报,有很经典的句子或短语,我会及时更在上面的。
关于这次的标题我想说的是,之前背accumulate学到的一句话,高中课文里也背过,出自荀子的劝学。英文是这样的,很简单。“Accumulate from small step and you can get to the top.”
废话就不多说了。下面开始介绍单词短语。
purchase temporary pose购买短暂的休息--这是在训斥一些交了学费却在课堂上睡觉的人。他们逃避工作,又不认真对待学习。不就是拿钱换取短暂的休息吗。
be trifled with被嘲笑
surface可!以!作!动!词!暴露,显露,公开(其实写作中的一个窍门就是运用一些鲜为人知的还可以作其它词性的词)
aching joys苦痛的快乐
rags-to-riches白手起家
blind date相亲
monogamy一夫一妻制
go viral一下就火了
chauvinism沙文主义,大男子主义
bump into撞上
Patriarchal父权的
Maternal母权的
He has paid the debt of nature. 隐晦的说人去世。
Every time he comes to New York, he wants to paint the town red.每次来纽约,他都要痛饮一番。
* be afraid of 担心 (he is afraid of waking up his wife.浅层含义是担心他的妻子没睡好觉)
* be afraid to 害怕 (he is afraid to wake up his wife.怕他妻子发火。
Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见心不烦
Man Road, as the iron, the more strides we now. 雄关漫道真如铁,而今迈步从头越。
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
It is Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark.没有了灵魂。
Rob peter to pay paul.拆东墙补西墙。