Highlights from Day3

In these pages, I learned that great creators don’t necessarily have the deepest expertise but rather seek out the broadest perspectives.

1.not A but rather B：提出不同或相反的观点，相比A更倾向于B。

rather是一个我很早就知道但一直不太会用的用法，用来否定一项并肯定一项很实用。

比如墙面不是白的，而是灰的，可以说：The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.

2.seek out：找到，找出，to try to find someone or something, especially when this is difficult.

例句：Our mission is to seek out the enemy and destroy them.

3.broad：很多的，丰富的，广泛的，including many different kinds of things or people，可以与wide做同义替换。

例句：The show aims to reach the broadest possible audience.

I saw how success is not usually attained by being ahead of everyone else but by waiting patiently for the right time to act. And to my utter shock, I learned that procrastinating can be good.

4.attain：获得，to succeed in achieving something after trying for a long time，可以与achieve/accomplish做同义替换。

例句：More women are attaining positions of power.

5.to my utter shock：让我感到震惊的是…utter表示十足的、彻底的，可以放在名词前面起强调作用。

造句：To my utter shock, he’s a gay!

Anyone who has ever worked with me knows how much I hate leaving things to the last minute, how I always think that anything that can be done should be done right away. Mark Zuckerberg, along with many others, will be pleased if I can let go of the relentless pressure I feel to finish everything early—and, as Adam points out, it might just help me and my teams achieve better results.

6.leave things to the last minute：留在最后（不得不做的时候）再做，表示拖延。

造句：I'm a thoroughly procrastinator, I leave everything to the last minute, and I hate myself for doing so.

7.relentless：没完没了的，something bad that is relentless continues without ever stopping or getting less severe，可以与endless做同义替换。

想说一个不停哭的小婴儿，可以说：the relentless crying of a small baby