(单词翻译:单击)
Our view of the world has a fundamental tendency to tilt toward the negative. We literally have to work harder to see the upside of things.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. fundamental第三音节为主重音
2. tilt一词注意其中的音组/ɪl/ (即ill的发音)
言之有物:
1. *“基本的” 英语单词:
basic 基本的、初级的
fundamental 基本的、基础的
rudimentary 基本的、粗略地
2. 词链儿:a tendency to tilt toward...
一种向XX倾斜的倾向
可分解为两个词链儿:
① a tendency to... 一种XX的倾向
While the number of applicants has been small in the past, there is a tendency to increase.
虽然以往的申请人数量较少,但是目前已有增加的迹象。
Scotty had a tendency to…
斯科蒂又很喜欢...
图片源自《犯罪心理》
② tilt toward...向XX倾斜、倾向于...
具象→He tilted toward his colleague and whispered something.
他向同事倾过身子,悄悄说了些什么。
抽象→I am tilting toward the red car, not the black one.
我有点想选红色那辆车子,而不是黑色的。
The new votes are tilting heavily toward O'Brien.
新的票数倾向奥布莱恩。
图片源自《副总统》
3. We literally have to...
我们真的不得不...
*literally的用法分书面用法及口语用法:
书面用法:literal, exact, or actual(事情真实发生)
口语用法:used to indicate that some metaphorical or hyperbolical expression is to be taken in the strongest admissible sense(语气加强,事情未真实发生,夸张用法)
There were literally thousands of people in the street dancing after the team won the championship.
那个队赢了冠军赛之后街上不夸张的说有几千人在跳舞。
I'm literally freezing to death in this weather. I mean I can't feel any part of my body.
(词链儿:freeze to death 冻死)
这天气我真的要冻死了,我都感觉不到我身体的任何一部分了。
4. see the upside of things 看到事情好的一面
→upside 正面;好的一面
词链儿:the upside of things 事情好的一面
Oh, well, look at the upside.
往好的一面看嘛。
图片源自《好汉两个半》
拓展:upside down adv. 颠倒
The painting was hung upside down .
油画挂倒了。
→downside 缺点;不利方面
There is a downside to it: the more she remembers, the more bitter she feels about what has happened.
这有个不利之处:她记起的越多,对发生的一切就会觉得越痛苦。
What's the downside?
可能有什么负面影响吗?
图片源自《傲骨贤妻》
活学活用:
请用tilt toward随意造句
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