??与海第15节 重点词汇
“If sharks come, God pity him and me.”
g404pity
v.同情
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【例】
I don''t know whether to hate or pity him.
我不知道是该恨他还是该同情他。
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【拓展】
pity更常?于名词，译为同情?
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【例】
He felt a sudden tender pity for her.
他突然对她起了温柔的同情?。
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【搭配】
what a pity ?多可惜啊
pity for怜悯某?
out of pity ?出于同情；出于怜悯
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【近义词】
regret/ sympathize
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?The odds would change back and forth all night.
g404odds
n.(赌博中的) 赔率
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【例】
We are o?ering odds of 6-1 on the ?ght ending in a knockout.?
我们以6?1的赔率赌该拳击赛以击倒告终。
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【拓展】
odds还可以表示可能性
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【例】
What are the odds of ?nding a parking space right outside the door?
就在?外找到?个停?位的可能性有多?？
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【搭配】
at odds with ?与……争执，意?不?致；与……不和；有差异
odds and ends ?零星物品，零碎东?
against all odds ?困难重重
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g404back and forth
常?短语译为反复地、不断地
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【例】
He walked back and forth, looking very impatient.
他前后来回地?着，看来很不耐烦。
Then the negro, after the rum, would try for a tremendous e?ort.
g404tremendous
adj. ?常的; 巨?的
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【例】
I felt a tremendous pressure on my chest.
我感到胸?有股巨?的压?。
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【搭配】
tremendous changes ?巨?的或剧烈的变化
tremendous popularity ?带来了巨?的??；佳评如潮
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【近义词】
Huge, enormous ,massive, macro, vast
And at daylight when the bettors were asking that it be called a draw.
g404draw
n.平局；和局
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【拓展】
draw可以作不及物动词，译为缓慢移动
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【例】
She drew away and did not smile.
她慢步?开，??笑容。
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同时作为及物动词还可以译为轻拖; 轻拉
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【例】
He drew his chair nearer the ?re.
他把椅?轻轻拉近?边。
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draw作为及物动词，?先可以译为拉 (窗帘等)
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【例】
After drawing the curtains, she lit a candle.
拉上窗帘后，她点了?根蜡烛。
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还可以译为拔出 (武器)
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【例】
He drew his dagger and turned to face his pursuers.
他拔出??并且转过身去?对追他的?。
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或者译为吸?
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【例】
He paused, drawing a deep breath.
他停下，深吸了???。
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作为及物动词还可译为汲取 (?、能源等); 提取 (?、能源等)
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【例】
Villagers still have to draw their water from wells.
村?仍然要从井?打?。
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还可译为 提取 (钱款)
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【例】
She was drawing out cash from an ATM.
她那时正在从?动取款机上取钱。
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最后，还可译为 吸引
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【例】
The game is currently drawing huge crowds.
这项?赛?前正吸引着?批群众。
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【搭配】
draw lessons from ?从……吸取教训
draw up ?草拟，起草；停住；使靠近
draw on ?利?；吸收；戴上；临近
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He had unleashed his e?ort and forced the hand of the negro down and down
until it rested on the wood.
g404unleashed
v.释放
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【例】
The announcement unleashed a storm of protest from the public.
公告引发了?场公众的抗议?暴。
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【反义词】
leash
v.束缚
But he could not and it stayed at the hardness and water-drop shivering that
preceded breaking.
g404precede
v.在……之前
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【例】
Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question.
请看所谈这?段之前的信息。
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【拓展】
precedent
n.先例
When the ?sh was at the stem, plunging and cutting from side to side in
desperation, the old man leaned over the stern and lifted the burnished gold ?sh
with its purple spots over the stem.
g404in desperation
绝望地；不顾?切地
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【例】
In desperation, he decided to go back to London.
在绝望中，他决定还是回伦敦去。
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在前?我们提到过in+名词结构等同于句?中的副词，例如in silence=silently安静地，因此此处
的in desperation=desperately
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