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(单词翻译)

Our view of the world has a fundamental tendency to tilt1 toward the negative. We literally2 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 applicants3 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...

② tilt toward...向XX倾斜、倾向于...

具象→He tilted4 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 tilting5 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。

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 metaphorical6 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。

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?

活学活用:

请用tilt toward随意造句

TED演讲:陷入了负面情绪怎么走出来?:有的人看半杯水是半空的,有人觉得是半满。思维模式影响了我们看事情的角度和心情,怎么走出负面思维?怎么学会不再抱怨


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1 tilt aG3y0     
v.(使)倾侧;(使)倾斜;n.倾侧;倾斜
参考例句:
  • She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
  • The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平,有点儿歪.
2 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
参考例句:
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
3 applicants aaea8e805a118b90e86f7044ecfb6d59     
申请人,求职人( applicant的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
  • He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。
4 tilted 3gtzE5     
v. 倾斜的
参考例句:
  • Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
  • She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。
5 tilting f68c899ac9ba435686dcb0f12e2bbb17     
倾斜,倾卸
参考例句:
  • For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he's really just tilting at windmills. 不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他,但其实他不过是在庸人自扰。
  • So let us stop bickering within our ranks.Stop tilting at windmills. 所以,让我们结束内部间的争吵吧!再也不要去做同风车作战的蠢事了。
6 metaphorical OotzLw     
a.隐喻的,比喻的
参考例句:
  • Here, then, we have a metaphorical substitution on a metonymic axis. 这样,我们在换喻(者翻译为转喻,一种以部分代替整体的修辞方法)上就有了一个隐喻的替代。
  • So, in a metaphorical sense, entropy is arrow of time. 所以说,我们可以这样作个比喻:熵像是时间之矢。

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