Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... Even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. i‧ron /ˈaɪən $ ˈaɪərn/ 单词发音特殊,需特殊记忆
2. lose /luːz/ → loses /ˈluːz ɪz/ → loses its /ˈluːzɪz ɪts/
3. stagnation / inaction 以-tion结尾,重音在倒数第二音节
言之有物:
1. iron rusts from disuse 铁因不用而生锈
disuse n. 不用;废弃
=XX is no longer being used
The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.
这家工厂二十年前就废弃了。
The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.
多年不用的车轮早已锈迹斑斑。
2. water loses its purity from stagnation
① pure-purity
→ pure adj. 纯的;纯粹的
pure gold/silk 纯金、真丝
a bottle of pure water 一瓶纯净水
→ purity n. 纯洁;纯净;纯粹
spiritual purity 心灵纯洁
the purity of tap water 自来水的纯净度
相同的构词:secure - security
② stagnate—stagnation
→ stagnate v. 停滞;不发展
I feel I'm stagnating in this job.
我觉得,干这份工作我没有长进。
His career had stagnated.
他的事业已经陷入停滞。
→ stagnation n.
a period of economic stagnation
经济停滞时期
Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
运动是绝对的,而静止是相对的。
What would break apart the stagnation of our two-party system?
什么能打破我们两党制停滞不前的现状呢?
图片源自《耶鲁大学开放课程》
3. inaction sap the vigor of the mind
① act—action—inaction
inaction n. 无为;无作为
We simply cannot afford the cost of inaction.
再不有所作为,后果将无法承受。
② sap v. = to make sth/sb weaker 削弱;逐渐破坏
The hot sun sapped our energy.
火辣辣的太阳烤得我们虚软无力。
These hangers-on, they really sap your energy.
那些花痴,真让人伤神。
图片源自《开心汉堡店》
③ the vigor of the mind 心智的力量
vigor n. 活力,精力
4. so does/do... 也,同样〔用于表示刚说的情况对某人或某物也是如此〕
As the demand rises, so do prices.
需求增加,价格也会上涨。
活学活用:
请用 so does/do ... 随意造句
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