Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage. Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit, without hope, without witness, without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. goodness / advantage 单词内部/d/的发音方式:只摆口型不爆破
2. deepest /?di?p?st/ 前紧后松
3. 多项并列,语调模式:without hope↗, without witness↗, without reward↘.
言之有物:
1. goodness
① 天啊!啊呀!〔用于表示惊讶,有时也表示愤怒〕
?Goodness ?me!
天哪;天啊 !
My goodness, you have spent a lot!
啊呀,你花了这么多钱!
My goodness, this molehill is becoming a mountain.
哎呦,小小罅隙积怨逐重高若大山了呢。
图片源自《废柴联盟》
- Oh, my goodness.
- You know what that means?
-天呐!
-你知道意味着什么吗?
图片源自《脱狱之王》
② 善良的品质
the essential goodness of human nature
人性善良的本质
2. seek advantage 寻求好处/寻求优势
3. in the final hour 最后的时刻
What are his thoughts in these final hours?
他在生命的终点有什么想法?
4. in the deepest pit 在深渊极底
回顾【Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again.】
5. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.
词链儿:something is only something in...
只有在XX时,某物才是某物。
→ virtue n. 善;美德
反义词 vice
Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.
恐怕她不具有耐心这一美德。
→词链儿:in extremis
图片源自《维基百科》
① 在紧急关头;在绝境中
I'll only ask the bank for a loan in extremis.
我只有在万般无奈时才会向银行申请贷款。
② 在弥留之际
to treat patients who were in extremis
治疗处于弥留之际的病人
★原声例句:We trust them with our lives when we're in extremis.
在危急关头,我们把生命托付给他们。
★原声例句:This is advice in extremis.
这是极端情况下的建议。
He's in extremis, Reggie.
他走投无路了,雷吉。
图片源自《河谷镇》
活学活用:
请用 in extremis 随意造句
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