留美老师带你每日说英文 第482期:将妒忌转化为力量

 台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

If we can get past the humiliation¹ of envious² feelings, we can start to see them as a set of clues about what we might do next. We should study and maybe even record on paper the situations and people that make us envious.

如果我们能克服那些曾经的妒忌丢脸往事，就能把它们视作指引我们下一步该怎么走的一丝线索。我们可以去思考、甚至记录下让我们感到羡慕忌妒的情境和当事人。

将妒忌转化为力量

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1.humiliation 侮辱 ，丢脸

humiliation (n.) 侮辱 ，丢脸

humiliate³ (v.) 侮辱 ，羞辱

humiliating (adj.) 受辱 ，侮辱人的 ，丢脸

hum (v.) 哼唱，嗡嗡叫

2.envious 羡慕，嫉妒

envious (adj.) 羡慕，嫉妒

envy (n.) 羡慕

enviously⁴ (adv.) 羡慕地

3.clue 线索

clue (n.) 线索

clueless (adj.) 毫无头绪的

4.record 记录下

record (v.) 记录下

recording⁵ (n.) 录音

record (n.) 纪录

5.situation 状况，情况

situation (n.) 状况，情况

in situ (adj, adv.) 在原地

tuition (n.) 学费

1 humiliation   

n.羞辱

参考例句：

• He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
• He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

2 envious   

adj.嫉妒的，羡慕的

参考例句：

• I don't think I'm envious of your success.我想我并不嫉妒你的成功。
• She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车。

3 humiliate   

v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace

参考例句：

• What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
• They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。

4 enviously   

adv.满怀嫉妒地

参考例句：

• Yet again, they were looking for their way home blindly, enviously. 然而，它们又一次盲目地、忌妒地寻找着归途。 来自辞典例句
• Tanya thought enviously, he must go a long way south. 坦妮亚歆羡不置，心里在想，他准是去那遥远的南方的。 来自辞典例句

5 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。