读经济学人，学精彩用法

读经济学人，学精彩用法1：你的胃

have no stomach for sth:

OALD

1.to not want to eat sth.

E.g She had no stomach for the leftoverstew.

2.to not have the desire or courage to dosth.

E.g They had no stomach for a fight.

扩展

turn your stomach(=to make you feelupset,sick or disguised)

E.g Pictures of the burnt corpses turned mystomach.

LDOCE

to have no desire to do somethingdifficult,upsetting,or frightening

扩展

turn your stomach=to make you feel sick orupset

E.g The sight of the slaughtered cow turnedmy stomach

have a strong stomach=to be able to see ordo things that are unpleasant without feeling sick or upset

E.g Don’t go and see this film unless youhave a strong stomach.

读经济学人，学精彩用法2:什么梗

stem from:

OALD

to be the result from sth

E.g Most people’s insecurities stem fromsomething that happened in their childhood.

LDOCE

to develop as a result of something

E.g His headaches stemmed from visionproblems.

读经济学人，学精彩用法3:攫取

skim off:

OALD

to take for yourself the best part of sth.,often in an unfair way

E.g Private companies should not be allowedto skim off profitable sectors of the postal service.

扩展：

skimmed milk（skim milk AmE）：milk thatcontains less fat than normal because the cream has been removed from it.

LDOCE

1.to take the best people or the best partof something for yourself.

E.g Professional sport skims off all thebest players.

2.to take money illegally or dishonestly

E.g For years his business partner had beenskimming off the profits.

扩展：

skimmed milk（skim milk AmE）：milk thathas had all the fat and cream removed from it.

skimming:侧录，滑卡（用读卡器盗取信用卡或借记卡上的私人信息来偷钱的犯罪行为）

读经济学人，学精彩用法4:对手，匹敌

rival：

OALD

rival

sb/sth(for/in sth)to be as good,impressive,etc. assb/sth else

E.g You will find scenery to rival anythingyou can see in the Alps.

LDOCE

to be as good or important as someone or

something else.→unrivalled

E.g The college’s facilities rival those ofHarvard and Yale.

a stadium to rival any in the world.

读经济学人，学精彩用法5:不得已，难免

a necessary evil：

OALD

a thing that is bad or that you do not like but which you must accept for a particular reason

LDOCE

something bad or unpleasant that you have to accept in order to achieve what you want.

E.g Mr Hurst regarded work as a necessary evil.

More examples:

1.Higher taxes may be a necessary evil.

2.The loss of jobs is regarded by some as a necessary evil in the fight against inflation.