chop n.技巧(非正式)
Her acting chops are so well regarded that she is one of the judges in the variety show I Am The Actor.
她的演技很受好評,她是綜藝節(jié)目《我是演員》的評委之一。
If you want to achieve fame and glory by being amazing at something, you have to have great skills -- or chops.
如果你想在某件事上做到出色從而獲得名聲和榮耀,你必須有高超的技能或技巧。
underdog n.比賽中不被看好的人
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, usually in sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose.
underdog(處于劣勢的人)指在體育或創(chuàng)意類比賽中被普遍認為會輸?shù)膫€人或團體。
Before the game, we were definitely the underdogs.
我們在賽前絕對不被看好。
dark horse n.黑馬
They came out as dark horses on the stage.
他們是舞臺上的黑馬。
The movie is a dark horse for the award.
這部電影是獲得該獎項的一匹黑馬。
stellar adj.一流的
A stellar performance is an extremely good performance.
A stellar performance(一流的表現(xiàn))就是非常好的表現(xiàn)。
The question is how long can the company's stellar performance continue?
問題是這家公司的優(yōu)異表現(xiàn)能持續(xù)多久?
relatable adj.有感染力的
One of the reasons for her success is that the characters in her books are so relatable.
她成功的原因之一是她書中的人物讓人產(chǎn)生共鳴。
Their performance is very relatable and engaging.
他們的表演非常有感染力,也很吸引人
wooden adj.木訥的,呆板的
Many young pop stars are good at attracting online traffic, but their performance is just wooden and make you feel awkward.
許多年輕的流行歌手擅長吸引網(wǎng)絡(luò)流量,但他們的表演非常呆板,讓你感到很尬。
half-baked adj.不成熟的, 膚淺的
She has no tolerance for actors who don’t take their job seriously or think that they can give a half-baked performance.
她不能容忍那些不認真對待自己工作的演員,或者是那些認為自己可以在臺上展現(xiàn)不成熟的表演的演員。