【每日积累】4
Genre(体裁/类型)
- 英式发音:[ˈʒɒnrə](类似“让-若”)
- 美式发音:[ˈʒɑːnrə](类似“让-惹”)
温度单位
- Celsius(摄氏度)
- Fahrenheit(华氏度)
It’s 25 C.
It’s 77 F.
问温度:
- What’s the temperature?
- Is that Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Ascending / Descending
- Ascending(升序/上升):A→Z,1→9;上坡;音调升高
- Descending(降序/下降):Z→A,9→1;下坡;音调降低
”哭泣”
- weep(无声或抽泣地流泪,较书面)
- sob(抽噎、哽咽,带喘息声)
- burst into tears(突然大哭起来)
- tear up(眼眶湿润,快哭了)
行政区划
- County(县,最通用)
- District(市辖区,如海淀区)
- Prefecture(地级/省级,古称“州/府”,或日本“县”)
“P过的”
- Photoshopped(P过的,最通用)
- retouched(精修/润色)
- edited(编辑过)
- airbrushed(磨皮/美化,多指人像)
- doctored(篡改过的,常用于新闻/证据类照片)
- manipulated(被处理的)
- facetuned(特指用Facetune app)
- heavily filtered(滤镜很重)
例句:
- That photo looks Photoshopped.
- The image was heavily retouched for the magazine.
口语中常说:It looks so shopped.(省略”Photo”)
Halfway through
含义:进行到一半、中途
例句:
- I was halfway through my meal when the phone rang. (我刚吃到一半,电话就响了。)
- She is halfway through writing her novel. (她的小说已经写了一半。)
- We were halfway through the tunnel when the car broke down. (我们开到隧道中间时,车子抛锚了。)
“苍蝇”
- fly(复数 flies)
- housefly(家蝇,特指讨厌的那种)
- Musca domestica(家蝇拉丁学名,科学/正式语境)
注意:别把动词“飞”的现在分词 flying 和名词 fly 搞混。
“谨慎地”
- cautiously(小心谨慎、避免风险,最常用)
- prudently(明智、深谋远虑)
- discreetly(言行谨慎、不引人注意)
- warily(警惕、戒备)
- carefully(小心仔细,最通用)
例句:
- He drove cautiously on the icy road.
- She discreetly avoided mentioning the topic.
窗户油灰
- putty for glazing windows
”说话时发抖”
- tremble while speaking / shake while talking
- voice trembles / shakes(声音发颤)
- speak with a trembling voice(用颤抖的声音说话)
例句:
- Her voice was shaking when she spoke.
- His lips were trembling as he spoke.
日常口语:My voice is shaking. / I’m shaking when I talk.
元音字母
- vowel(元音字母,/vaʊəl/)
- vowel letters(特指 A、E、I、O、U)
- consonant(辅音字母)
“依依不舍”
- That’s very reluctant to part.
- That’s so hard to say goodbye to.(口语)
- That’s really bittersweet.(苦乐参半的)
- That’s such a reluctant parting.
”探出头来”
- stick one’s head out(最通用)
- poke one’s head out(试探性地)
- pop one’s head out(突然/快速)
- lean out(身体前倾伸出,常指上半身)
- emerge / appear(文学性,只露出来)
例句:
- He stuck his head out of the car window.
- She poked her head out from behind the door.
- Don’t lean out of the window.
抽象含义(露面/出现):show one’s face / make an appearance
括号中标注动作(剧本/分镜):
- (peeking out) —— 探头看
- (poking head out) —— 试探性地探头
- (sticking head out) —— 伸出头来
- (heads out) —— 口语简写
”自卑”
- inferiority(名词,自卑)
- inferiority complex(自卑情结)
- insecure(缺乏自信的)
- self-conscious(羞怯的)
- have low self-esteem(自尊心低,最常用)
- feel inferior to others(感到不如别人)
- suffer from an inferiority complex(有严重自卑情结)
例句:
- His constant bragging is a mask for his deep inferiority. (他不断吹嘘,其实是在掩饰内心深处的自卑。)
零散好句积累
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the neat part was…(最妙/最棒的部分是……;有意思的地方在于……)
例句:The neat part was that we finished it in one day.
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For maximizing learning where mental focus and reflection are called for… (为了最大化学习效果,在需要精神专注和反思的时候……)
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They will typically pass by without trouble. (它们通常会顺利通过/经过。)
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Doing sth is highly effective at getting [something] away. (做某事对驱赶/摆脱某物非常有效。)
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Today’s experience was like an everlasting flower, blooming in the river of my memories. (今天的经历像一朵永不凋谢的花,盛开在我记忆的长河里。)
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restore / recover / fix(恢复/修复)
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be in harmony with(与……和谐一致)
