跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读(MP3+文本) 第184期
日期:2017-07-14 07:52

(单词翻译:单击)

My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

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语音讲解
单词发音
courage /ˈkʌrɪdʒ $ ˈkɜːr-/
rises /raɪzɪz/
attempt /əˈtempt/
连词发音
with every attempt to intimidate /wɪðˈevrijəˈtemptʊwɪnˈtɪmədeɪt/
轻读重读
重读:rises/intimidate
弱读:with/ to

词汇讲解
1.attempt verb.
释义:an act of trying to do something, especially something difficult
attempt用法精讲
1)attempt to do something
All attempts to control inflation have failed.
所有控制通胀的尝试都失败了。
2)attempt at (doing) something
her feeble attempts at humour
弱弱的幽你一默
3)at the first/second etc attempt
She passed her driving test at the first attempt.
她第一次尝试考驾照就成功了。
4)make no attempt to do something
He made no attempt to conceal his dislike of me
他毫不掩饰对我的厌恶。
2.intimidate verb.
释义:to frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you want
例句:Attempts to intimidate her failed.
试图恐吓他,但是失败了。
形容词 intimidated 惊恐的
例句:At first I was intimidated by it, but now I like it.
一开始对于这些我感到很惊恐,但现在我很喜欢这些。
活学活用
attempt
英文:I would be the last to attempt to answer the question.
中文:我是最不可能去尝试回答这个问题。


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