每天帮你解析英语词语(七)

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96. “徒然的,无效的”
  
  
  所做的一切都是徒劳,做这些事又有什么意义呢。好在学习英语不是一件徒劳的事情,英语会在不同的场合帮助到你。况且,现在每天都有大量要学汉语的人涌进中国,未来的竞争只会更激烈。
  
  
  答案:
  futile
  
  
  释义:
  If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
  
  例子:
  1. It would be futile to attempt to estimate our final gains at the present time.
  
  2. Our world is not ideal, and it is futile to think that the commission can create a perfect society.  
 97. “受贿,贪赃枉法,中饱私囊”
  
  
  最讨厌当官的中饱私囊,贪赃枉法。英语里有一个简单的短语对应这些词,这个短语里面的每一个字都是幼儿园词汇。
  
  
  答案:
  sb. be on the take
  
  一直不停的在索取,所以就是受贿,中饱私囊。
  
  释义:
  to accept money from somebody for helping them in a dishonest or illegal way 受贿;贪赃枉法
  
  
  例子:
  The department is all on the take。
  98. “狐朋狗友”
  
  
  狐朋狗友其实是从别人的眼光来评价你的朋友。你的这些朋友与你相处的时间长,经常在一起玩,你认为是你的好朋友,但是在别人开起来只不过是你的“狐朋狗友”罢了。
  
  答案:
  crony
  
  释义:
  You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them.
  
  例子:
  They are playing cards with cronies.
 99. “. 傲慢的,自大的,浮华的”
  
  
  仔细想想,同学同事中有没有这样的人呢?自大,傲慢,自以为是,自以为自己都是对的,自己的权威不可挑战。确实有这样的例子,好吧,以后见到这个人希望能想起这个词。
  
  
  答案;
  pompous
  
  释义:
  1.If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are.
  
  2. A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate. 100. “容易上当受骗的”
  
  
  老年人是容易上当受骗的人。父母年纪大了,身体上或有这样或者那样的毛病,容易受其他人蛊惑,买一些假的或者没有效用的药品、保健品。其实,我们所有的人在别人花言巧语的情况下,也会变成“容易上当受骗的”人。
  
  
  答案:
  gullible
  
  这个词的名词是:gullibility,注意这个词有两个“L”
  
  释义:
  If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting. 101. “前所未有的”、“前任”
  
  
  主要是这两个词长得有点像,但不能写得一样了,否则就错了。
  
  
  答案:
  1. 前所未有的----------- unprecedented
  
  2. 前任----------------- predecessor
  
  这个前任可不能指前女友男友的,而是指奥巴马的前任为布什的前任
 102. “分贝”
  
  住在主路旁边的人肯定晚上睡不着觉,因为车流声音会很大。衡量噪声大小的单位是“分贝”。
  
  
  答案:
  decibel
  
  好难记的一个词,虽然难记,但是还是要记住,因为英文中的每个词都是有用的,必须让它们成为可以脱口而出的活的语言。
  这个词和decide前四个字母一样,后面和bell的前三个字母一样,决定钟声的大小,可以浙江记不?decibel,发音可不能这样记,重音在第一个,的/e/,两个E的发音都是bell中的/e/
  
  
  释义:
  A decibel is a unit of measurement which is used to indicate how loud a sound is.
  
  例子:
  The noise from the club exceeded from 130 decibels,more than a gunshot .
  这个词竟然有复数,decibels
103. “于某处避难”
  
  
  战争会产生大量难民,人们会逃往其他地方已保全生命。
  
  
  答案:
  sb. take refuge in some place
  
  这里refuge只有六个字母,后面没有两个e,有两个e的refugee是难民的意思。 104. “假的.....”
  
  有好几个词翻译过来都是“假的...”意思,今天就好好辨别一下这几个词的意思。
  
  
  答案:
  1. counterfeit
  
  counterfeit medicine假药 counterfeit money假钱
  
  counterfeit就是制作、假冒某个东西,这个东西是另行从无到有做出来的,不是改动真品的某个要素,也不是简单的复制真品,而且要让别人认为这个东西就是真的,目的是为了骗到人
  
  释义:
  Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
  
  
  
  2. forge
  
  foreged signiture伪造的签名
  
  看下面的释义,被假冒的东西的往往是一个文件,比如银行票据、合同、图画、签名,这些东西的真品往往只有一份,更重要的是forged +sth. 往往意味着被假冒出来的东西是真品的复制品,或者还是真品,但是它的某些地方已经被改动了。
  
  
  释义:
  1. If one person or institution forges an agreement or relationship with another, they create it with a lot of hard work, hoping that it will be strong or lasting.
  
  2. If you say that a person has forged something that you approve of, you mean that you admire them for having done something difficult.
  
  3. If someone forges something such as a banknote, a document, or a painting, they copy it or make it so that it looks genuine, in order to deceive people.
  
  
  
  3. fake
  
  fake smile假笑
  
  
  释义:
  1. A fake fur or a fake painting, for example, is a fur or painting that has been made to look valuable or genuine, usually in order to deceive people.
  
  2. If someone fakes something, they try to make it look valuable or genuine, although in fact it is not.
  
  3. Someone who is a fake is not what they claim to be, for example because they do not have the qualifications that they claim to have.
  
  
  
  4. knockoff 假冒名牌
  
  释义:
  A knockoff is a cheap copy of a well-known product.
  
  这个词和counterfeit都是以假乱真的意思,counterfeit用法比较正式些,knockoff相当口语化了。
  
  
  5. copycat 模仿犯罪的人/ 抄袭者
  
  这里并没有要使得某东西像真品,没有欺骗的含义。上面的三个词都有欺骗的含义,而这个词(不做模仿犯罪解释时)就是“山寨”的意思,湖南卫视去年的超级女声的衣服,很多都是抄袭流行大品牌的样式,整一个copycat!!
  
  释义:
  1. A copycat crime is committed by someone who is copying someone else.
  
  2. If you call someone a copycat, you are accusing them of copying your behaviour, dress, or ideas.
  
  
  
  总结,上面找了这么多资料,但我也不能完全保证我能在各种场合正确地使用这些词,以后还要多留意。
    105. “杂乱、冗长且无中心思想的讲话、文章”
  
  
  美国德州开飞机撞税务大楼的工程师在网上贴过一篇发泄愤怒的文章,媒体将这篇没有主题的文章形容为“杂乱、冗长且无中心思想的文章”,英语对应的就是一个词。
  
  
  答案:
  rambling
  
  这个词是个形容词:a rambling speech;
  
  
  释义:
  1. A rambling building is big and old with an irregular shape.
  PKU的理教大楼是a rambling building
  
  2. If you describe a speech or piece of writing as rambling, you are criticizing it for being too long and very confused.