2018-12-07每日一词springboard
“springboard”的本意是跳水或体操运动中的“跳板”,它也常被用来表示有助于开展事业的基础、出发点。促成成功的跳板、推动力,英英释义:something that helps you to become successful or start an activity or process
例句:
① 当我们想表示“A 促成了 B 的成功”,就可以说“A is a springboard for/to B”。注意 springboard 是个可数名词,我们在使用的时候要注意主谓一致。
比如,英语好可以促成职业上的成功,就可以说:
A fluent command of English is a springboard to professional success.
② 我们常说“失败是成功之母”(Failure is the mother of success),说的也就是失败是成功的跳板,我们可以用 springboard 把这句谚语改写成:
Our failures can act as springboards for future success.
③ 许多学生选择考研是因为他们认为硕士学位是一个跳板,可以帮助他们取得更大的成功:
For many students, a master’s degree is a springboard for bigger success.
这句话也和我们之前学过的 ground(表示“理由”)结合起来写成:
Many students take the Postgraduate Admission Test on the grounds that a master’s degree provides a springboard for greater success.
我们在学习语言时,要注意一些常见表达的比喻意义,让我们自己的表达更丰富、好玩。比如我们之前学习的 passport 和今天的 springboard,都是可以用在写作和口语中的实用表达。
(1)翻译
许多人认为海外留学是移民的跳板。
Studying abroad is regarded as a springboard for immigration.
A degree from a foreign institution is widely considered a springboard for immigration.
Studying abroad provides a springboard for immigration.
(2)例子: For me, this job was only a springboard to a better position in the future.
场景 : 对我来说这份工作只是未来找到更好工作的一个跳板。