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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1.游手好闲的人
2.袖手旁观
3.毫无价值
4. 可取之处。
5.要求...实在是太过分了。
3.31 早读原文
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. Oft got without merit and lost without deserving.
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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary
今日发音练习重点:
1. reputation
2. imposition
言之有物
1. idle
①漫无目的的;无效的;无用的
idle chatter/talk/gossip/curiosity 无聊的唠叨/闲谈/闲话/好奇
an idle person 游手好闲的人
an idle glance 漫不经心的一瞥
What have I told you about idle gossip?
我不是让你别理会这些流言蜚语吗?
图片源自《绝望的主妇》
And I never make idle threats Mr Cavendish.Never.
我从不吓唬人,卡文迪许先生,从不。
图片源自《云图》
②懒散的
He lost his job because he was idle.
他失业了,因为他太懒散。
He's a very able student, he's just bone idle.
他是个能力很强的学生,只是太懒了。
③闲置的;闲散的
The machines lay idle during the strike.
罢工期间,机器都闲置着。
→stand idly by 袖手旁观
We cannot stand idly by while these people suffer.
这些人在受苦,我们不能袖手旁观。
I cannot stand idly by and let him take the blame.
我不能袖手旁观,让他承担责任。
I'm just saying,would man's best friend stand idly by while his master was attacked?
我只是想说,人类最好的朋友,会眼睁睁看着它的主人被袭击吗?
图片源自《灵书妙探》
I cannot continue to sit idly by and wait.
我不能再坐以待毙了。
图片源自《超市特工》
原声例句:It's not just an idle curiosity, it's a fundamental human right.
这不仅仅是无聊的好奇心,这是一项基本人权。
2. imposition n. 不公平(或不合理)的要求;勉强;硬要
It's an imposition to ask the workers to work sixteen hours a day.
要求工人每天工作十六个小时,真是太过分了。
I know it’s an imposition, but could I use your bathroom?
实在不好意思,我可以借用你的浴室吗?
→ impose 是动词,表示强迫别人答应、强制实行。
It seems a terrific imposition for us to be here.
我们留在这儿似乎太不合适了。
图片源自《唐顿庄园》
Listen,I know this is a real imposition…
我知道这样的要求很不合理
图片源自《绝望的主妇》
3. oft = often 时常
图片截自《朗文词典》
4. without merit 毫无价值
The plan is entirely without merit.
这个计划毫无价值。
merit n.优点;美德;价值;某人或某事物的较为长期固定的优点或可取之处
a work of artistic merit
一件有艺术价值的作品
This reasoning may have some merit.
这样的推理,也许有可取之处。
There's no merit in prolonging the treatment.
继续治疗下去已经没有什么价值/意义。
But every case is based on its own merit.
但每个案子的机会都不同。
well, what merit is this case?
那这个案子的机会怎么样?
图片源自《犯罪心理》
5. deserving n. 功过,赏罚
deserve 动词,表示值得;应得;应受
deserving 名词
reward the proud according to their deservings
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. Oft got without merit and lost without deserving. 名誉是一件无聊且骗人的强加于人的东西。往往得到它的人未必有什么功德,而失去它的人也未必有什么过失。
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition , oft got without merit and lost without deserving
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