现象级英语每日一词201809127
参考词典:Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary ,Collins Advanced Learner’s Dictionary。
今日学习单词:upend 。
从字面上来看,像是 end 和 up 的接合,大胆猜想一下,应该是把“末端举高”,感觉有“颠倒”的意思。查字典仔细了解一下。
1 : to cause (something) to be upside down : to turn (something) over 果然,是把一个东西反过来,下方朝上。
He upended the bicycle to fix its flat tire.
他把自行车倒立起来修补轮胎。
I upended the bucket to use as a stool.
我把桶倒过来当成凳子坐。
The security inspector upended my bag and dumped everything out.
安检人员把我的包倒扣过来,把所有的东西都倒出来了。
Collins词典里有个例句很实用:
He upended the beer, and swallowed.
他举起啤酒,一饮而尽。
2 : to cause (someone) to fall down or be turned over 致使某人摔倒或倒立过来。
A giant wave upended the surfers.
一个巨浪把冲浪者掀翻了。
The midfielder was upended before he got the ball.
没等他拿到球中场队员就摔倒了。
— sometimes used figuratively especially in U.S. English 尤其在美式英语中,常以比喻手法来使用 upend。类似于颠覆,改变,特别是巨大的改变。以后的写作和口语中,就可以用 upend 来代替 change,shift,disrupt等。
The new regulations could upend the entire industry.
新规可能会颠覆整个行业。
The team was upended [=defeated] in the second round of the play-offs.
该队在季后赛第二轮吃了败仗。
今日造句作业:
1. 科技已经颠覆了出版业。
Technology has upended the publishing.
2. 以前盲目大量背单词无功而返,这些日子认真学习了「现象级英语」的「每日一词」,亲自查字典,读例句,体会高级用法。每天不自觉的脑子里都会把当日单词过一遍,无疑强化了记忆。随我来说,每日一词颠覆了我对英语词汇学习的认识。
The course A word per day has totally upended my methodology of vocabulary learning.