每周导读复盘2020年3月

自现象级英语

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一、熟词生义

3 carry weight 小有成就，值得信任

4 footprint: carbon footprint, an oversized footprint

5 bring a pea-shooter to a gun fight 杯水车薪

6 at will 爱咋咋地  I teach at will.

7 for effect 引人注意

8 school 从小就……，思维模式单一  类似indoctrinate

Schooled in the idea that... 

9 baby sb 把……当小孩对待 No babying for him. 

 

10自称 bill, style     I bill myself as

11 stand 竞选 =run

12 invite  n Thank you for your invite. 谢谢你的邀请

v 导致 The comment is inviting trouble. 找事

13 draw 吸引力 ；谈笑风生 rub shoulders with sb. 有一定贬义； seasoned teachers 资深的老师

14 watch every yuan 省吃俭用

I have to watch what I eat.

watch my waist

15 plump for 选名字

16  err on the side of caution 求稳

err on the side of 力求

17 go unrecorded 隐瞒不报

词性变化

18 must-see, unmissable

19 表达 有，开门见山，直接用动词trim, teem, boast(我有我骄傲) ；或者用there be 铺垫一下

20 Everybody needs a dose of nudge every now and then.

21 linchpin 核心人物，骨干

人手不足，装备差，造谣的人

22 带连字符的单词 linguistically ill-prepared 准备不足

二、形象的说法

1 神器 a magic wand

2 The economy is purring/roaring. 经济好  有画面感

3 choose Disney over ribbon-cutting 借喻

4 考虑自己如何形象的写作，如何换一种表达方式

三、习惯用法

1 He is elected president.

president-elect 当选的总统 

2 earn untold riches 

3 show one's age

4 let the genie out of the bottle 引发一连串麻烦

5 a silver bullet 大力丸 a desirable strategy

人缘好 a people-person, socially desirable

6  His personal purse-strings have loosened. 钱袋子松了

7 XX is best understood against the backdrop of YY