glory
释义:作不可数名词时,意思是“光荣,荣耀”。作可数名词时,意思是“辉煌成就”。作动词时,意思是“自豪,狂喜”。
例句:
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
T[……]
glory
释义:作不可数名词时,意思是“光荣,荣耀”。作可数名词时,意思是“辉煌成就”。作动词时,意思是“自豪,狂喜”。
例句:
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
T[……]
bona fide
释义:作形容词,意思是“货真价实的”。它是拉丁语,直译成英语的话,意思是“good faith”。
例句:
That’s what Daddy always said, that a man–a real, bona fide man–ought a make a dec[……]
ring a bell
释义: 表“熟悉,有印象”,sth. rings a bell可以用来表示对某事有印象,在文章中可以与recall进行意义上的替换,达到丰富词汇的目的。
例句:
He looks sort of familiar, but the face doesn’t ring a[……]
make it to
释义:本意是指“抵达”目的地,在留学文书里常引申用来体现在克服艰难险阻后“实现”某项目标。
例句:
Eric kept his head down, and they’d almost made it to the staff entrance when a female[……]
deep inside
释义:可以作为字面上的意思,在留学文书里也常常用来表示“内心深处”的独白。
例句:
A small, petty voice deep inside told me I didn’t deserve him.
If he were painfully honest wit[……]
spectrum
释义:“光谱”,最初被牛顿用来描述白光被棱镜分解后产生的颜色带,现在也常引申体现渐变的“一系列状态”。
例句:
The visible, “rainbow” spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that[……]
syllabus
释义:“大纲”,一份更复杂文档的分章节摘要。一般在留学文书里特指“教学大纲”,即某门课程涵盖的主要内容。
例句:
If an instructor submits a syllabus that lists appropriate topics and concepts, te[……]
usurp
释义: 动词,表“篡夺,侵权,霸占”,在文书中可以用来替换seize,take over等词组和词语,达到丰富词汇的目的。
例句:
Critics call it an illegal power grab meant to usurp local governments and b[……]
stretch
释义:作动词时,意思是“伸展,张开”。作形容词时,意思是“可伸缩的”。作名词时,意思是“伸展,延伸”。
例句:
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions[……]
upbringing
释义:作名词,意思是“教养,养育,抚育”,常在留学文书里描述自己成长中获得的品质让自己成为了一个什么样的人。
例句:
Spirituality and self-reflection played a significant role in participants’ up[……]