跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第184期
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：自然拼读教材英语字母拼读法（学生用书）Book 3-2
英语课
My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate 1 me.
语音讲解
单词发音
courage /ˈkʌrɪdʒ $ ˈkɜːr-/
rises /raɪzɪz/
attempt /əˈtempt/
连词发音
with every attempt to intimidate /wɪðˈevrijəˈtemptʊwɪnˈtɪmədeɪt/
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词汇讲解
1.attempt verb.
释义：an act of trying to do something, especially something difficult
attempt用法精讲
1)attempt to do something
All attempts to control inflation have failed.
所有控制通胀的尝试都失败了。
2)attempt at (doing) something
her feeble attempts at humour
弱弱的幽你一默
3)at the first/second etc attempt
She passed her driving test at the first attempt.
她第一次尝试考驾照就成功了。
4)make no attempt to do something
He made no attempt to conceal 2 his dislike of me
他毫不掩饰对我的厌恶。
2.intimidate verb.
释义：to frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you want
例句：Attempts to intimidate her failed.
试图恐吓他，但是失败了。
形容词 intimidated 3 惊恐的
例句：At first I was intimidated by it, but now I like it.
一开始对于这些我感到很惊恐，但现在我很喜欢这些。
活学活用
attempt
英文：I would be the last to attempt to answer the question.
中文：我是最不可能去尝试回答这个问题。
1 intimidate
vt.恐吓，威胁
- You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？
- The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
2 conceal
v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽
- He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
- He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。
3 intimidated
v.恐吓；威胁adj.害怕的；受到威胁的
- We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
- The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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