今天是水瓶季的最後一天。水瓶座最大的特點就是永遠充滿幻想。但是,水瓶同時也很有活力且樂於助人。下面我們來讀一段描述水瓶座性格特徵的英文,進一步了解水瓶,也順便學一些好詞好句。
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英語原文摘自www.horoscope.com
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Aquarius
/əˋkwɛrɪəs/ 水瓶座
【原文】Aquarians present themselves in one of two ways. One on hand, you』ll see someone who is shy, and quiet. On the other, an Aquarian can be boisterous, eccentric, and energetic. Both are deep thinkers with a love of helping others. Highly intellectual, this is a sign of fierce independence that prizes intuition tempered with logic. Both personality types have an uncanny ability to see both sides of an argument without prejudice, making them excellent problem-solvers. While very much attuned to the energies around them, Aquarians have a deep need to take time out alone and away to rejuvenate themselves. The keyword for this sign is imagination. The Aquarian can see a world of possibilities even when there appears to be none.
【譯文】水瓶座具有雙重性格。一方面,水瓶害羞且安靜。另一方面,水瓶活潑,怪異且充滿活力。但不管怎樣,水瓶思想深邃且樂於助人。水瓶們善於思考,高度獨立的性格使他們崇尚帶有邏輯的直覺。這種雙重性格使水瓶們能夠不帶偏見地看清事物兩面。他們的這種能力超強,因此能很好地解決問題。水瓶們很容易適應身邊的能量場,所以他們需要找時間遠離人群獨處以恢復活力。「想像力」是水瓶座的代名詞,他們能把身邊幾乎不可能的事情理解為充滿無限可能。
01. boisterous / ˋbɔɪstərəs/ adj. 喧鬧的;活躍的
【例】a boisterous party 熱鬧的聚會
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
02. eccentric / ɪkˋsɛntrɪk/ adj.(指人﹑ 舉止)異常的;古怪的
【例】an eccentric old lady 一位古怪的老太太
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
03. intellectual / ˏɪntlˋɛktʃʊəl/ adj. 善思考的;能運用聰明才智的(如藝術、思想等方面,並非指實際事情)
【例】intellectual people 善思考的人
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
04. intuition / ˏɪntuˋɪʃən/ n. 直覺;直覺力
【例】Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition. 沒有人告訴我到哪兒去找你,我純粹是憑直覺找到你的。
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
05. temper / ˋtɛmpɚ/ v. 調和或減輕某事物的作用;使某事緩和
【例】temper justice with mercy, ie be merciful when punishing sb justly 法外施恩(懲罰某人時公正而仁慈)
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
06. uncanny / ʌnˋkænɪ/ adj. 超常的;出乎意料的
【例】an uncanny coincidence, resemblance, etc 意料不到的巧合、相似等
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
07. attune / əˋtun/ v. 使某事物[某人]與另一事物調合或一致;使某事物[某人]熟悉另一事物
【例】We/Our ears are becoming attuned to the noise of the new factory nearby. 我們[我們的耳朵]逐漸適應了附近新工廠的噪聲。
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)
08. rejuvenate / rɪˋdʒuvəˏnet/ v. 使(某人)恢復青春容貌、活力等
【例】feel rejuvenated after a holiday 度假之後感到又有了精神
(來源:Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary)