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每日一词#well-

每日一词#well-

作者: yang羊羊楊 | 来源:发表于2019-04-27 00:01 被阅读0次

    词:well- 

    例句:Such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic. 

    2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇) 

    “well”经常用作前缀构词,表示“良好的”“非常的”。比如我们常见的词有 well-known(知名的),well-educated(受过良好教育的),今天我们在通过几个例子掌握它的灵活用法。 

    比如我们常说“他的出发点是好的”,英语就可以用“well-intended”或者“well-meaning”等表示。奥巴马在一次演讲中就说到: 

    After my election, there was talk of a post-racial America. Such a vision, howeverwell-intended, was never realistic.(这里的“post-racial”是“后种族”,表示一个不论肤色,绝对机会均等的社会。这里“never realistic”和“well-intended”意思相反,可以把它们一起记下) 

    我们常说的“有实锤”,意思就是有据可依,这时我们就可以用到“well-documented”。有许多文献可以证明吸烟有害身体健康:

    The risks of smoking arewell-documented.

    或者 

    It iswell-documentedthat smoking constitutes a significant health hazard.

    《经济学人》中几乎每期中都会出现几个把 well- 用作前缀的词,这种用法可以让表达更加简洁,比如: 

    Reorganizing a sizeable part of the bureaucracy in a country snarled in red tape was never going to be easy. Nor was disempowering the feckless butwell-connectedtycoons behind some of India’s powerful conglomerates.(一个人的人脉很广,就可以用“well-connected”)

    Although lesswell-heeledresidents of those cities will be glad of a fall in prices, a cooling of foreign interest may have unwelcome consequences for the wider market. (well-heeled 也是《经济学人》中经常用到的表达,意思是“富裕的”,可以用来替换 wealthy)

    3. 从认识到会用(作业) 

    1)翻译下面的句子: 这项政策本意是好的,但结果却事与愿违。

    (参考翻译:The policy was well-meaning, but somehow it backfired. 或者 The policy, however well-intended, turned out the opposite of what was expected.) 

    2)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。

    例子:The thing you did was well-intended,but the effect was not as good as you predicted.

    场景:你做的事情本意是好的,但效果不如你预计的那么好。

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