时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   上个月我和一个好朋友一起出去旅行,整个旅程差强人意。回来之后,别人问我们玩儿得如何。还没等我张口,我那快人快语的朋友抢先说我们的旅程多精彩,看到的景色多迷人,没有一句不好,没有一点抱怨。我当时简直怀疑我们俩去的不是一个地方! 这让我想起一个习惯用语。那就是:gloss 1 over.


  Gloss over意思是把不好的事情隐瞒起来或者轻描淡写。
  我的朋友没把旅行中的种种不好对人提起,she chose to gloss over all of them. 而是决定把这些不好的部分都忽略不计了。
  这种“报喜不报忧”的情况也出现在下面的例句里。我们听一听:
  My daughter likes the sweet icy drinks at our local convenience store. But she's tried to avoid them because they have so much sugar. Now that she's heard that new flavors are being offered with artificial sweeteners, she's excited. I'm not. Because they still have no nutritional 2 value. The company glosses 3 over that information in its ads!
  这段话是说: 我女儿喜欢喝我家附近便利店卖的甜味冰饮料。不过她尽量少喝,因为这些饮料里糖份太多。现在她听说,新口味的冰饮里面用了代糖,所以她高兴极了。不过,我可不高兴,因为这种饮料还是没有任何营养价值。不过对于这个事实,厂家在广告中一句都没提。
  ******
  商品广告当然是捡好的说,这样才能吸引顾客! 不过说起来,现在各种饮料的卖点真是五花八门,不过要是我说,还是白水最解渴,绝对没有不良成分。
  美国的教育制度时常受到称赞,美国的大学也是国际学生们出国深造的首选,不过,美国大学的学费也贵得可以。
  在这里,学生贷款负债平均值达到10万甚至20万美元,每个月的还款额可能相当于毕业生半个月的工资!
  不过,universities don't include those numbers on their web sites. They conveniently gloss over these shocking statistics! 大学不会把这些数字发在他们的网站上,他们很“方便”地忽略了这些统计数据!
  说起隐瞒不报,我们听听下面的例句:
  People can be fascinated with celebrities 4. We love how they overcame great challenges in their rise to success. But often their life stories fail to mention drug or alcohol addictions 5, problems with relationships or criminal behavior. Indeed, biographers have a habit of glossing 6 over such unpleasant facts."
  这段话意思是说:很多人崇拜名人。他们在通往成功的道路上克服巨大的困难,这种故事让我们喜爱不已。不过,他们的人生故事通常不会提及吸毒、嗜酒、感情问题或者犯罪行为。事实上,写传记的作家们都有把不好的事情轻描淡写或者干脆不提的习惯。
  其实,人无完人,写出自己生活中阴暗的经历,并不一定会破坏在粉丝心中的形象,反而会让大家觉得你更真实,更立体。

1 gloss
n.光泽,光滑;虚饰;注释;vt.加光泽于;掩饰
  • John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点,但是没有用。
  • She rubbed up the silver plates to a high gloss.她把银盘擦得很亮。
2 nutritional
adj.营养的,滋养的
  • A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
  • The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。
3 glosses
n.(页末或书后的)注释( gloss的名词复数 );(表面的)光滑;虚假的外表;用以产生光泽的物质v.注解( gloss的第三人称单数 );掩饰(错误);粉饰;把…搪塞过去
  • The movie glosses over the real issues of the war. 这部电影掩饰了这次战争的真正问题。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Time inevitably glosses over the particularities of each situation. 时间不可避免地掩饰了每种情形的特质。 来自互联网
4 celebrities
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
5 addictions
瘾( addiction的名词复数 ); 吸毒成瘾; 沉溺; 癖好
  • He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
  • Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。
6 glossing
v.注解( gloss的现在分词 );掩饰(错误);粉饰;把…搪塞过去
  • The rights and wrongs in any controversy should be clarified without compromise or glossing over. 有争论的问题,要把是非弄明白,不要调和敷衍。 来自互联网
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a-c directional overcurrent relay
all and singular
Appoggiando
artificial bank
aurous iodide
back mark
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beam current monitor
berna eli oldfields
binary leader
bioglass
bleachable ink
border data
bullberry
bum someone out
cephalochordates
compiler aid
convergence of potential integral
cubic function
dear me
descend into sth
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dorsal column system
duchesses of windsor
electro photoluminescence
eliminating dampness and eliminating phlegm
Etampes
euphemistical
extra polite
Flisa
Floyd-Steinberg
forage chopper
fugitable
get to the back of something
grid wave
happy puppet syndrome
haras
hemophthalmus
hipsterfication
hollow pillar
hyperactivities
iglite
indigestible
inner Baillarger's line
instrument headed screw
integrated sensors and display circuits
intersample
isofoam contour
launch operating team
lojeski
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make sb pay
makisu
manganous salt
master shipman
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mineral violet
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motorized valve
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oyome-san
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peripheral angle
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semi-infinite media
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stab wounds
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student criterion
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what's the use?
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