If you take a stance in life that's predicated on the idea that what you're doing is voluntarily confronting a challenge, then that's completely different.
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言之有物:
1. if条件状语从句中套两个句子,分别用来修饰stance和idea
→【stance (in life) that's predicated on the idea】
→【the idea that what you're doing is voluntarily confronting a challenge】
(在生活中采取的)立场是基于——你所做的是自愿地面对挑战——这样的想法
2. 词链儿:take/adopt a... stance (in life)
(在生活中)采取......立场
→stance n. 立场
You can take a stance, the popular stance, or an unpopular stance.
你可以采取一种立场,流行的立场,或不受欢迎的立场。
词链儿拓展:take a positive/tough stance
采取积极的/强硬的立场
We need to take a more positive stance towards globalization.
我们需要对全球化采取更加积极的姿态。
Wish this war could be over. But proud of you for taking a stance.
希望战争早点结束。但你能站出来,我为你骄傲。
影视片段《废柴联盟》
Taking a hard-line stance was the right play.
立场坚定强硬才是明智之举。
影视片段《绿箭侠》
3. 词链儿:XX be predicated on...
XX是基于......
→predicate v. n. 使基于;使以…为依据;谓语
Their whole industry is predicated on a government safety net.
全部产业都是建立在政府保障制度的基础上的。
The entire campaign was predicated on a lie.
整个竞选活动都是建立在谎言的基础上的。
4. 词链儿:voluntarily confront a challenge
主动面对挑战
→voluntarily adv. 自愿地;主动地
volunteer n. v. 志愿者;自告奋勇
voluntary adj. 自愿的;志愿的
→confront v. 面对(问题、困难等);勇敢地面对;对抗
At some point, you will have to voluntarily confront the wolves.
在某个时刻,你终会不得不主动面对狼群。
5. 词链儿:completely different
完全不同
The young have a completely different set of values and expectations.
年轻人有一整套截然不同的价值观和期望。
活学活用:
请用 take/adopt a... stance 随意造句
Jordan Peterson - How Young Men Have Been Marginalized
心理学教授乔丹?彼得森 Jordan B. Peterson
多伦多大学心理学教授,临床心理学家,前哈佛大学心理学系教授。主要研究异常心理、社会心理以及人格心理学,大五人格研究专家。
彼得森和哈佛大学、多伦多大学的同事及学生联合发表了一百多篇学术论文,推动当代人对人格的理解,他在哈佛执教时,入围过极富声望的利文森教学奖(Levenson Teaching Prize)。在多伦多大学被学生称为“改变人生”的三位教授之一。
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