英語中的"一詞多義"
中文裡有多音字，英語中也有"一詞多義"，今天小編就帶大家來學習下tank這個單詞，除了我們最熟悉的"坦克"意思，還能表達什麼意思呢？
All right take a look at this.
好啦 我們來看看這句話
My confidence tanked after I failed the exam.
（後面會解釋，先自行推敲）
What does that mean?
這句話是什麼意思呢
What do you think that means? Look at the word tanked.
你覺得tanked在這裡會是什麼意思呢
What do you think that means?
到底是什麼意思呢
Can we understand it by the context?
根據語境你能猜出來意思嗎
Well take a look at this, failed the exam,
我們先來看下這個 考試失敗
What would happen to your confidence if you failed an exam?
試想一下 如果你考試失敗了 你的自信心會不會受到打擊
Would your confidence go up or down?
你的自信心是增長還是下降呢
Well I think you know.
好吧 我想你大概猜到意思了
The word tanked means to go down, your confidence would go down right if you failed an exam.
tanked意思就是自信心一落千丈 如果你考試失敗了 你的自信心會很受打擊
So the word tank is a verb and it means to plummet.
tank在這裡是做動詞使用 和plummet意思一樣
Plummet means to go down fast okay?
plummet就是快速下降的意思
Like this.
就像這樣
Plummet, way down okay?
直線下滑
So tank and plummet are both verbs and they mean to go down fast.
tank和plummet都是動詞 都表示快速下降的意思
So take a look at this example, the stock market tanked this week.
看下這個例句 股票市場本周暴跌
You look, it was doing really well up up up up up.
看這裡 一開始是上升狀態的
Then wow, this week it just tanked.
可是這周呢 直線下滑的厲害
This week of the stock market tanked.
本周的股票市場暴跌了
Or you could say, his health tanked after his divorce.
另外一個例子 離婚後 他的身體狀況直線下降
His health tanked means his health went down his health plummeted.
意味著離婚後 他的身體狀況越來越差了
So in this example with the stock market, you could say the stock market plummeted.
股票市場暴跌 你也可以將tanked替換成plummeted
Means the same thing tanked or plummeted.
這兩個單詞意思都是一樣的
And in this example, you could say his health plummeted after his divorce.
這個例子裡 你就可以把tanked替換成plummeted
Take a look at this, this is called a tank top.
我們來看下這個 這個叫背心
A tank top is just a shirt without sleeves.
背心裝就是沒有袖子的衣服
In Western culture, men and women wear tank tops in the summertime if it's nice and hot outside.
在西方文化裡 夏天外面很熱時 人們都會穿背心裝
You see men and women wearing tank tops outside.
你會看到外面街上大家都是穿著背心裝
Ooh look at this, this is a tank.
看這個 這叫坦克
This thing is called a tank.
這個叫坦克
Did you know that Russia has more than 15,000 tanks?
你知道俄羅斯有15000多輛坦克嗎
Wow, and Canada, well Canada has 80 tanks.
加拿大有80輛坦克
15,000 more than 15,000 tanks.
15000多輛
80.
80輛
I don't even know why Canada has the military.
我其實不知道加拿大為什麼會有軍隊
If anybody wanted to kill us, you could just kill us.
如果有人想要殺人放火 我們也阻止不了啊
I don't think we're gonna defend ourselves with 80 tanks.
我不認為這80輛坦克可以起到什麼作用
You know Canada's not a very strong country, you know when it comes to military,
其實我們知道 在軍事方面 加拿大並不是一個很強的國家
Canada is sandwiched between the two most powerful countries in the history of the world.
在歷史上 加拿大曾經被夾在兩個強大的國家之間
US is to the south and Russia is...well...sort of to the north.
美國在加拿大南邊 俄羅斯算是在它的北邊
Actually you know on a map, it looks like Russia and Canada are very far apart,
光看地圖的話 你會覺得俄羅斯離加拿大很遠
but really they're not far apart at all, it's just over the top of the world if you believe the world is round.
但實際上它們離的不遠 都是在世界的頂端 如果你相信世界是圓的這一說法的話
A lot of people these days believe the world is flat.
不過現在有很多人覺得地球是平的
Hmm I don't know.
嗯 我也不知道
So if it's flat, maybe Russia and Canada are far apart, I don't know.
如果地球是平的話 或許俄羅斯和加拿大真的離的很遠吧 我也不是很清楚
But I think the world is round.
但我還是認為 地球是圓的
Okay so here's another meaning of the word tank.
這裡 tank它有另外一個意思
Look at these, these are tanks, this is a propane tank.
看這裡 這個是丙烷罐
If you want to do some barbecuing in the summer, you need a propane tank.
如果你想在夏天燒烤 你就需要這個
I don't know what kind of tank that is, but that's some sort of tank.
我不太清楚那個是什麼類型的槽 不過也是槽的一種
Look at these there's a water tank.
這是個水箱
This is...I don't know what kind of tank this is...
我不知道這是什麼類型的
That a tank is just like a big container for holding a liquid.
反正就是可以裝液體的容器
You know maybe water, maybe gas,
可能裝的是水或者汽油
maybe milk, no, not milk, probably not milk.
或者是牛奶 噢 不 應該不是牛奶
Okay take a look at this, this is a fish tank.
看這個 這是一個魚缸
A fish tank, hey do you have a fish tank in your house?
嘿 你家裡有魚缸嗎
I wish I had a fish tank but I don't have any pets.
我希望我有一個魚缸 但是我不養寵物
Okay so the word tank can also be an adjective.
tank還可以做形容詞使用
Like this, get tanked...get tanked means to get drunk.
就像這個 get tanked意思就是[喝醉了]
So you could say 'let's get tanked this weekend.
所以你可以說 我們周末喝一場吧
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