Lesson Five
1. I‘d rather …… than : prefer…… to …… .
如:
I‘d rather deal with a simple man than a sophisticated man .
我寧愿與純樸的人打交道,不愿與世故的人交往。
I had rather never have been born than see this day of humiliation.
我寧愿自己未曾出生,也不愿遭受今天的恥辱。
I would (had) rather …… 但愿(+that 從句中用過去式)。
如:
I would rather he didn‘t tell her about it .
我真希望他不告訴她這件事。
I had rather you did it alone .
但愿你一人做。
2. handicap : 1) any disadvantage that makes success more difficult . 不利的因素。
如:
Bad health is a handicap. 身體不好是不利因素。
His lack of English is a great handicap to him . 他不懂英語對他是一大缺陷。
2) a physical or mental disability 殘疾。
如:
Blindness is a great handicap.眼瞎是一大殘疾。
3. at once at the same time ; simultaneously 同時。
如:
It‘s hard for one to do two things at once . 人很難同時做兩件事。
4. eliminate : get rid of ; remove 消除。
如:
to eliminate poverty 根除貧窮; eliminate the prejudice 消除偏見。
5. brainwash 洗腦。
如:
Don‘t let television commercials brainwash you into buying anything you actually don’t need .
別讓電視廣告引誘你購買自己實際不需要的東西。
6. invariably : always 常常,總是。
如:
It‘s invariably wet when they take their holidays . 他們度假時總是下雨。
His intuition is invariably correct . 他的直覺總是對的。
7. campaign : a connect set of actions to obtain a particular result in politics or business
(社會,政治,選舉)運動;游說,宣傳活動。
如:
an election campaign 選舉活動;an advertising campaign 廣告宣傳;
a compaign to combat crime 防止犯罪運動。
8. stereotype : a conventional , oversimplified conception 陳腔濫調(diào);陳規(guī),老套,固定的現(xiàn)象。
如:
He fits the stereotype of a ‘scholar’ . 他是典型的‘’學者‘’。
The idea is an old-fashioned stereotype . 這觀點是老一套了。
9. predominate : be superior in numbers , etc. 占多數(shù)的。
如:
Greens predominated in the picture . 綠色植物是畫中最醒目的。
presominate over 勝過。
10. mold: work into a requied shape or from 塑造。
如:
Statues are molded out of bronze . 雕像是用青銅鑄成的。
He molded his style on the best writers . 他以第一流作者為榜樣塑造了自己的文體。
1. I‘d rather …… than : prefer…… to …… .
如:
I‘d rather deal with a simple man than a sophisticated man .
我寧愿與純樸的人打交道,不愿與世故的人交往。
I had rather never have been born than see this day of humiliation.
我寧愿自己未曾出生,也不愿遭受今天的恥辱。
I would (had) rather …… 但愿(+that 從句中用過去式)。
如:
I would rather he didn‘t tell her about it .
我真希望他不告訴她這件事。
I had rather you did it alone .
但愿你一人做。
2. handicap : 1) any disadvantage that makes success more difficult . 不利的因素。
如:
Bad health is a handicap. 身體不好是不利因素。
His lack of English is a great handicap to him . 他不懂英語對他是一大缺陷。
2) a physical or mental disability 殘疾。
如:
Blindness is a great handicap.眼瞎是一大殘疾。
3. at once at the same time ; simultaneously 同時。
如:
It‘s hard for one to do two things at once . 人很難同時做兩件事。
4. eliminate : get rid of ; remove 消除。
如:
to eliminate poverty 根除貧窮; eliminate the prejudice 消除偏見。
5. brainwash 洗腦。
如:
Don‘t let television commercials brainwash you into buying anything you actually don’t need .
別讓電視廣告引誘你購買自己實際不需要的東西。
6. invariably : always 常常,總是。
如:
It‘s invariably wet when they take their holidays . 他們度假時總是下雨。
His intuition is invariably correct . 他的直覺總是對的。
7. campaign : a connect set of actions to obtain a particular result in politics or business
(社會,政治,選舉)運動;游說,宣傳活動。
如:
an election campaign 選舉活動;an advertising campaign 廣告宣傳;
a compaign to combat crime 防止犯罪運動。
8. stereotype : a conventional , oversimplified conception 陳腔濫調(diào);陳規(guī),老套,固定的現(xiàn)象。
如:
He fits the stereotype of a ‘scholar’ . 他是典型的‘’學者‘’。
The idea is an old-fashioned stereotype . 這觀點是老一套了。
9. predominate : be superior in numbers , etc. 占多數(shù)的。
如:
Greens predominated in the picture . 綠色植物是畫中最醒目的。
presominate over 勝過。
10. mold: work into a requied shape or from 塑造。
如:
Statues are molded out of bronze . 雕像是用青銅鑄成的。
He molded his style on the best writers . 他以第一流作者為榜樣塑造了自己的文體。