Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage. Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit, without hope, without witness, without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
言之有物:
1. 詞匯:goodness
① 天啊!啊呀!〔用于表示驚訝,有時也表示憤怒〕
Goodness ?me!
天哪;天啊 !
My goodness, you have spent a lot!
啊呀,你花了這么多錢!
My goodness, this molehill is becoming a mountain.
哎呦,小小罅隙積怨逐重高若大山了呢。
- Oh, my goodness.
- You know what that means?
-天吶!
-你知道意味著什么嗎?
② 善良的品質
the essential goodness of human nature
人性善良的本質
2. 詞鏈兒:seek advantage
尋求好處/尋求優勢
3. 詞鏈兒:in the final hour
最后的時刻
What are his thoughts in these final hours?
他在生命的終點有什么想法?
4. 詞鏈兒:in the deepest pit
在深淵極底
回顧【Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again.】
5. 詞鏈兒:Virtue is only virtue in extremis.
詞鏈兒:something is only something in...
只有在XX時,某物才是某物。
→ virtue n. 善;美德
反義詞 vice
Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.
恐怕她不具有耐心這一美德。
→詞鏈兒:in extremis
圖片源自《維基百科》
① 在緊急關頭;在絕境中
I'll only ask the bank for a loan in extremis.
我只有在萬般無奈時才會向銀行申請貸款。
② 在彌留之際
to treat patients who were in extremis
治療處于彌留之際的病人
We trust them with our lives when we're in extremis.
在危急關頭,我們把生命托付給他們。
This is advice in extremis.
這是極端情況下的建議。
He's in extremis, Reggie.
他走投無路了,雷吉。
活學活用:
請用 in extremis 隨意造句
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