OWW 7-8

WORD AND EXPRESSION

What newly minted words is it O.K. to use, and who is to be the judge?

mint

vt.

1.to coin (money) by stamping metal

2.to invent or create; fabricate

作为动词常用第一种意思（铸造），本文是第二种，指新创造的单词。

顺带一提coin也有创造的意思，If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it.

Just remember that all the unities must be fitted into the edifice you finally put together, however backwardly they may be assembled, or it will soon come tumbling down.

tumble down

1.PHRASAL

VERB 短语动词(建筑物)摇摇欲坠，倒塌If a buildingtumbles down, it collapses or parts of it fall off, usually because it is old and no-one has taken care of it.

【语法信息】：V P

The outer walls looked likely totumble downin a stiff wind...

外墙看起来一刮强风就会倒塌。

因为前面用了edifice来比喻，这里的tumble down用得恰当又形象。

What you think is definitive today will turn undefinitive by tonight, and writers who doggedly pursue every last fact will find themselves pursuing the rainbow and never settling down to write.

dogged

1.ADJ-GRADED

能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词顽强的;坚持不懈的If you describe someone's actions asdogged, you mean that they are determined to continue with something even if it becomes difficult or dangerous.

doggedly

She would fightdoggedly for her rights as the children's mother.

她会顽强地为作为孩子母亲应有的权利而斗争。

doggedness

Most of my accomplishments came as the result of sheerdoggedness.

我大多数的成就纯粹是坚持不懈的结果。

Dogged is used with these nouns:determination,insistence,perseverance,persistence,pursuit

pursue可以和以下副词搭配：further,still 进一步追求/ actively,aggressively,energetically,vigorously积极追求/ doggedly,relentlessly坚持不懈地追求

I’m glad we accepted “escalate,” the kind of verbal contraption I generally dislike but which the Vietnam war endowed with a precise meaning, complete with overtones of blunder.

overtones

N-COUNT 可数名词弦外之音；言外之意；暗示If something hasovertones ofa particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it.

【搭配模式】：usu pl

The strike has taken onovertones of a civil rights campaign...

罢工带上了民权运动的意味。

要注意的是，使用时常用复数形式overtones。

VERB + OVERTONE：carry,have| take on

As a rule of thumb, I think that anyone who hopes to improve skill in a particular area should devote an hour or more each day to practice that can be done with full concentration.

rule of thumb

n.[from the method of measuring by the thumb]

1.a rule based on experience or practice rather than on scientific knowledge

2.any method of estimating that is practical though not precise

就是经验法则的意思，本文中还有一处出现这个短语：Our apparent rule of thumb was stated by Theodore M.

THOUGHTS

这本书生词有点多，而且有些不查还不行，重点是有的查了，这句话我还是不太明白啥意思，这几天事多，没法大块大块时间的放进来，就有点囫囵吞枣的感觉。

作者讲Usage这章，由于对英语的使用习性本身不太了解，看得有点云里雾里。新词旧词的更迭也是一出大戏啊。upcoming这词在我考研时看的范文里出现过，原来这词这么被作者看不上啊，我还觉得挺好的。。。

Unity这章不管中英文写作都很实用。写作之前先确定人称、时态、风格、态度、情绪、主题。