When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
1. love is in excess連讀
2. worth /θ/
worthy /e/
worthiness /e/
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒:be in excess 超過、過度
Eating anything in excess can be bad for you.
什么東西吃過量都不好。
It is harmful to drink in excess.
飲酒過量是有害的。
...in excess of 3 million... 超出的三百萬美元...
圖片源自《雨人》
...wind speeds in excess... 風速超出了...
圖片源自《后天》
You can't drink to excess like he did.
你不能像他那樣飲酒過量。
圖片源自《龍紋身的女孩》
詞鏈兒:in excess of XX 超出了XX
The package weighed in excess of fifty pounds.
包裹超重了55磅。
It is in excess of our budget.
這超出了我們的預算了。
2. 詞鏈兒:brings no...nor...既不帶來...也不帶來...
詞鏈兒:neither/not...nor... 既不...也不...
Not a building nor a tree was left standing.
建筑和樹木全部被夷為平地。
He wasn't there on Monday. Nor on Tuesday, for that matter.
他星期一沒在那兒。星期二也一樣,也不在。
3. worthy—worthiness
worthy adj. 值得的、配得上的
There's nothing I'm not worthy of.
沒有什么是我配不上的。
圖片源自《馬戲之王》
He is worthy of our praise.
他值得我們贊許。
This is worthy of mentioning.
這事值得一提。
...you're not worthy of his accomplishments. 你不配繼承他的成就。
圖片源自《盜夢空間》
worthiness noun. 價值
=value dignity
She persuaded the board of her worthiness to run the company.
她使董事會相信了她有才干管理這家公司。
活學活用:
請用 be in excess 隨意造句
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