hone
释义:“砥砺”,本意指用磨刀石使刀具保持锋利,在现代英语和留学文书里常常引申来形容技能的磨炼和提升。
例句:
Hey, if my instincts aren’t as honed as they should be, at least my powers of observatio[……]
hone
释义:“砥砺”,本意指用磨刀石使刀具保持锋利,在现代英语和留学文书里常常引申来形容技能的磨炼和提升。
例句:
Hey, if my instincts aren’t as honed as they should be, at least my powers of observatio[……]
frisbee
释义:最初是一种“飞盘”的品牌名称,现在已经基本能指代这种运动器械了,是在美国大学生中非常流行的休闲活动。作为正式对抗性比赛的运动名称是Ultimate Frisbee。
例句:
She carries Wilber’s tweed cap and flings it in fr[……]
bullet
释义:“子弹”,不过本意最早是指投石索所用的石弹。圣经中大卫用这种武器击杀了巨人哥利亚。
例句:
He shoots a Federal Premium VitalShok round loaded with a 39-grain Sierra BlitzKing bullet.[……]
conscientious
释义:作形容词。意思是“对于某事认真的,尽责的”。在留学文书中可以用作表示自己在做自己的某项工作是非常的尽职尽责。
例句:
I think the Supreme Court is compsed of nine intelligent, conscientious[……]
chagrin
释义:不可数名词,表“懊恼,委屈,气愤”,常用句式是to sb.’s chagrin或much to sb.’s chagrin,在文书之中可以与upset, regret, shame等交替使用,达到丰富词汇的目的。
例句:
Much to her father’s chagr[……]
venture
释义:作动词时意思是“冒险或敢于做某事”,常在留学文书里描述自己要做一件非比寻常的事情。
例句:
Every now and then he would venture something encouraging, something that reinforced my poi[……]
take a fancy to
释义:“喜欢上”某人或某事,常在留学文书里形容自己的新消遣。注意to后面接名词性短语而不是不定式。
例句:
John began to take a fancy to Sally late last August at the picnic.
She has ta[……]
far from perfect
释义:字面上的意思是“离完美还很远”,常在留学文书里形容不利的客观环境或命途多舛,用以反衬坚韧和百折不挠。
例句:
They were expensive and far from perfect, but at least they gave people s[……]
trajectory
释义:本意是形容行星或火箭等飞行物的“轨迹”,在留学文书里也常常用来指代自己的人生。
例句:
Today, Noah Kagan is known as the founder of AppSumo. But his trajectory has been far from[……]
device vs. devise
辨析:后者其实是前者的动词形式,但在现代英语的语境下,两者的差异已经变得非常大。名词是指具有复杂构造的“装置”,而动词是指在头脑中“构想”方案或策略。
例句:
It makes the popular Xbox 360, but that device sus[……]