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音標符號來自權威詞典| Longman Dictionary
今日發音練習重點:
1. fundamental第三音節為主重音
2. tilt一詞注意其中的音組/ɪl/ (即ill的發音)
1. *「基本的」 英語單詞:
basic 基本的、初級的
fundamental 基本的、基礎的
rudimentary 基本的、粗略地
2. 詞鏈兒:a tendency to tilt toward...
一種向XX傾斜的傾向
可分解為兩個詞鏈兒:
① a tendency to... 一種XX的傾向
While the number of applicants has been small in the past, there is a tendency to increase.
雖然以往的申請人數量較少,但是目前已有增加的跡象。
Scotty had a tendency to…
斯科蒂又很喜歡...
② tilt toward...向XX傾斜、傾向於...
具象→He tilted toward his colleague and whispered something.
他向同事傾過身子,悄悄說了些什麼。
抽象→I am tilting toward the red car, not the black one.
我有點想選紅色那輛車子,而不是黑色的。
The new votes are tilting heavily toward O'Brien.
新的票數傾向奧布萊恩。
3. We literally have to...
我們真的不得不...
*literally的用法分書面用法及口語用法:
書面用法:literal, exact, or actual(事情真實發生)
口語用法:used to indicate that some metaphorical or hyperbolical expression is to be taken in the strongest admissible sense(語氣加強,事情未真實發生,誇張用法)
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There were literally thousands of people in the street dancing after the team won the championship.
那個隊贏了冠軍賽之后街上不誇張的說有幾千人在跳舞。
I'm literally freezing to death in this weather. I mean I can't feel any part of my body.
(詞鏈兒:freeze to death 凍死)
這天氣我真的要凍死了,我都感覺不到我身體的任何一部分了。
4. see the upside of things 看到事情好的一面
→upside 正面;好的一面
詞鏈兒:the upside of things 事情好的一面
Oh, well, look at the upside.
往好的一面看嘛。
拓展:upside down adv. 顛倒
The painting was hung upside down .
油畫掛倒了。
→downside 缺點;不利方面
There is a downside to it: the more she remembers, the more bitter she feels about what has happened.
這有個不利之處:她記起的越多,對發生的一切就會覺得越痛苦。
What's the downside?
可能有什麼負面影響嗎?