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[第220次听写]one-upmanship是啥意思?

[第220次听写]one-upmanship是啥意思?

作者: Wind教口语 | 来源:发表于2018-02-10 10:06 被阅读105次
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    5 There is now a kind of sleep deprivation one-upmanship

    one-upmanship这个词我也是第一次见到, 但如果你抓到了前边的sleep deprivation和上下句的话, 其实意思是很好懂的.

    我们先看后缀吧, -ship还挺常见的, 比如
    friendship=友情
    kinship=亲情
    fellowship=情谊

    -ship的含义大抵是
    quality, condition; act, power, skill; office, position; relation between

    -manship这个后缀要少见一些, 但也是见过滴, 比如
    craftsmanship=精湛的手艺
    statesmanship=政治才能
    marksmanship=射击才能

    -manship的含义大抵是
    skill in a particular activity, especially of a competitive nature

    最后我们看one-up
    They're always trying to one-up each other by buying the latest gadgets.
    I just don't see why we have to one-up each other.
    这个还挺符合字面意思的, literal meaning的, 就是感觉比对方再多得一分的意思

    所以连起来one-upmanship就是试图比对方更胜一筹的做法
    engaged in a round of verbal one-upmanship
    We heard the usual boasting and one-upsmanship before the boxers entered the ring.

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    从第141篇开始, 我不再放出我自己听写的版本, 而是改为在答案上标记重难点, 大家特别注意一下我加粗的地方.

    1 Because unfortunately for men, sleep deprivation has become a virility symbol.

    2 I was recently having dinner with a guy who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before.

    3 And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say it -- I felt like saying,

    4 "You know what? If you had gotten five, this dinner would have been a lot more interesting."

    5 There is now a kind of sleep deprivation one-upmanship.

    6 Especially here in Washington, if you try to make a breakfast date,

    7 and you say, "How about eight o'clock?"

    8 they're likely to tell you,

    9 "Eight o'clock is too late for me, but that's okay,

    10 you know, I can get a game of tennis in and do a few conference calls and meet you at eight."

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