情景對話：

A: What do you think of the former champ?

你覺得上屆冠軍怎么樣？

B: There are some bad misses in his defense, and he had to soak up a lot of punishment.

他在衛冕中有些失誤，挨了不少拳。

A: No champion can remain at the top forever.

沒有常勝的將軍。

B：I suppose he's not in top form.

我倒覺得他狀態欠佳。

第一， 詞海拾貝

soak up

exp. To learn or absorb some information; to learn much information or to take in or accept something（吸收知識，學到知識，接受，領悟）

e.g. Charles soaks up facts as fast as the teacher gives them．

老師講的東西，查爾斯一下子就能領悟記住。

e.g. She was captivated by the class, soaking up the teacher's every word.

她被這堂課迷住了，全神貫注地聽老師說每一個詞。

e.g. I always try to soak his advice up whenever he offers it.

每當他提出建議時，我總是設法接受他的意見。

e.g. The student soaked up everything the teacher said.

學生把老師說的每一句話都聽進去了。

第二， 語匯積累

1. at the top：在巔峰

e.g. He is at the top of his class.

他是班上數一數二的好學生。

e.g. The scientist came at the top of the scale of intelligence.

這位科學家的智商最高。

2. in top form：競技狀態好

e.g. That was really funny, Bob. You are in top form tonight.

那真的很有趣，鮑勃，你今晚狀態很好。

e.g. The president was in top form and entertained the audience with her speech.

總統競技狀態很好，她的演講給觀眾帶來了歡樂。

e.g. The comedian was really in top form last night—we laughed nonstop.

這位喜劇演員昨晚的表演真是棒極了，我們笑個不停。

3. think of：認為，覺得

e.g. Susan and her fiance think of their letters as cords of love.

蘇珊和她未婚夫把他倆的來往書信看作愛情的紐帶。

e.g. She is sensitive to what people think of her.

她很敏感人們對她是怎么想的。