留美老师带你每日说英文 第901期:不要公开宣布个人目标
时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文
英语课
台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
You could resist the temptation to announce your goal. You can delay the gratification that the social acknowledgement brings, and you can understand that your mind mistakes the talking for the doing.
你可以抗拒那种想要对外昭告你的目标的诱惑。你可以延后得到别人赞美所获得的满足感,而你也能够了解你的脑子会误把说过的话当成做过的事。
不要公开宣布个人目标
学习重点:
1.resist 反抗、抗拒
resist (n.) 反抗、抗拒
resistant 2 (adj.) 抵抗的
assist (v.) 帮助
insist (v.) 坚持
persist (v.) 坚持、持续
2.temptation 诱惑
temptation (n.) 诱惑
tempt 1 (v.) 诱惑
tempting 3 (adj.) 诱惑人的、吸引人的
3.gratification 满足
gratification (n.) 满足
grateful (adj.) 感谢的
gratitude 4 (n.) 感谢
4.acknowledgement 承认
acknowledgement (n.) 承认
acknowledge (v.) 承认
vt.引诱,勾引,吸引,引起…的兴趣
- Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.什么都不能诱使他去那样做。
- The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.她有钱了,可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。
adj.(to)抵抗的,有抵抗力的
- Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
- They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。
a.诱人的, 吸引人的
- It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
- It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。
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