A thing: 在英文当中,相当于很多电脑语言中的占位符(placeholder),用来代指我们说不出的具体是什么的事情。
18 May 21
新闻头条必须简练而不失内容。这就推动了词语的各种灵活运用,同时要求读者熟悉当下的坊间热议。
读懂头条是学英文的好方法。
本专栏只选录常用的、值得学的词语/词组。释义或评论亦力求简、短,不求全,只限于头条语境中的用法。
Bill Gates Reportedly Had a Thing for Asking Female Employees out on Dates while Married
'You lose people very quickly': Talking to friends or family who are down the anti-vaccine rabbit hole
Prince Philip includes nod to Australia in newly released, radically slimmed down funeral plans
Nod to something: 向某物/事”点头”,英文的意思是就某样事情作一种表示,通常是对该物的珍视、心仪、敬慕、赞叹等。这里的“something”可以是任何东西,包括人、物、文化、传统、习俗等等
11 Apr 21
Footage of crash victims, doctors to 'shock' drivers
First airport rail images released, as long-delayed project inches closer
Why I kept my counsel on Meghan and Harry
Australia’s largest law firm in uproar after taking Christian Porter as client
Aaron Sorkin began his ‘Chicago 7' odyssey with a lie to Steven Spielberg
Odyssey: 字典定义是“a long trip during which many things happen”.
中文没有这么个字是有同样的涵义的。要转述它的意思,必须通过描述它在语境中的涵义。
25 Feb 21
150 regional jobs on line in wind farm stoush over Chns* steel
Glossy satire isn’t half bad but it’s as realistic as a Tom and Jerry cartoon