Traitor
n.賣國賊;叛徒;背叛者;背信棄義的人
Some say he's a traitor to the working class.
一些人說他是工人階級的叛徒。
Rumours that there were traitors among us who were sending messages to the enemy.
關于我們中間有叛徒向敵人通風報信的傳言。
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Ridiculous
adj.可笑的,荒謬的;荒唐的,愚蠢的;胡枝扯葉
It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance...
暗示我們正在談戀愛的說法真是太荒謬了。
It was an absolutely ridiculous decision.
這是一個絕對荒謬的決定。
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Absurd
adj.荒謬的;荒唐的;無理性的,雜亂無章的;荒誕主義的,荒誕的
n.無價值,無意義
It is absurd to be discussing compulsory redundancy policies for teachers...
討論針對教師的強制裁員政策真是滑稽可笑。
Prices were still absurdly low, in his opinion...
在他看來,價格依然低得離譜。
I find myself growing increasingly angry at the absurdity of the situation.
對如此荒謬可笑的情況我感到越來越生氣。
劇情百科
John的神經質也真夠大的,總覺得Sherlock會一而再再而三的喬裝打扮戲耍自己。反看Sherlock卻與新助手Molly一起共事!看來這次烏龍,John還是沒能學會Sherlock半點的判斷能力啊~~
考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.
1.I couldn't read or _____ a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate.
我根本不懂意第緒語,所以請他來翻譯。
2.Higher education is unequally distributed across _____ classes...
社會各個階層享受高等教育的權利是不平等的。
A:本期答案見下期
上期答案:
1.This trademark phrase from wetpaint coo rob grady is particularly apt in google's case.
Wetpaint公司首席運營官羅布•格雷迪這個猶如商標廣告詞般的說法放在谷歌公司身上尤為貼切。
2.Hubble then began to observe more details about galaxies.
哈勃那時候開始觀察星系的更多細節。