課程筆記:
44. success [sək'ses]
Basic need
音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. 成功
The race ended in success for the Chinese athlete.
n. 成就
Steven tried several lines of business with no great success.
衍生詞語
successful (成功的);
successfully (成功地);
successor (繼任者) [sək'sesə]
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
接近勝利 to approach success
獲得成功 to get/obtain success
贏得成功 to win success
成功 to meet with success
習語俗語 Idioms & slangs
a roaring success 巨大的成功
生活用語 Street Talks
(1)
The conference was a success.
(2)
Failure is the mother of success.
(3)
If you want to be a success, you have to work hard.
(4)
The new movie is a success.
電影對白 Transcripts
Del: You know, the finest line a man will walk is between success at work and success at home. I got a motto. Like your work. Love your wife.
Neil: Well, I'll remember that. What's the flight situation? 《旅行冒險記》
諺語 Proverbs
Nothing succeeds like success. 一順百順。
Success is the child of audacity. 成功是冒險的產物。
To know how to wait is the great secret of success. 懂得怎樣等待是成功的最大秘訣。
名言 Quotations
God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.
Mother Teresa (1910-97), Roman Catholic missionary in India. Quoted by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in: Rolling Stone (New York, Dec. 1992).
45. sugar ['ʃuɡə]
Basic need
音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. 糖
Please put some sugar into my coffee.
蔗糖 cane sugar ([kein],藤條)
冰糖 crystal sugar
乳糖 milk sugar
葡萄糖 grape sugar
棉花糖 spun sugar ( or cotton candy)([spʌn],紡,旋轉)
方糖 cube/ block/ cut sugar
vt. 使好受些
He tried to sugar the bad news.
衍生詞語
sugarless (無糖的)
復合詞語
sugarless food (無糖的食物);
sugarless gum (無糖的口香糖);
sugar-coated (巧為粉飾的)
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
從甘蔗中提取糖 extract sugar from canes
糖衣 sugar coat
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
Sugar or cream? 要糖還是奶油? (點咖啡時的問語)
sugar daddy 老色鬼;老荒唐(a wealthy older man who gives expensive gifts to a young person in return for sexual favors or companionship)
sugar 甜心(nickname, you might call your lover)
sugar the pill 降低某事物令人厭惡的程度
生活用語 Street Talks
Would you please pass the sugar?
Welcome home, sugar!(to your lover/spouse)
This new drink is sugar-free. (無糖的)
電影對白 Transcripts
對話
Postman: For hiccups..
Jonah: Yeah, for hiccups.
Postman: Take a spoonful of sugar and hold it in your mouth for a minute. 《西雅圖夜未眠》
諺語 Proverbs
When it's bitter in the heart no sugar in the mouth helps. 口中之糖無補于心中之痛。