留美老师带你每日说英文 第1032期:经过仔细设计的姿势

 Every pose is carefully crafted to mask flaws and accentuate¹ strengths, or, as I like to call them, reverse flaws.

每个姿势都是经过仔细地设计，为的是要遮掩缺点及强调力度，或者，我都把这些姿势称作是“化劣势为优势”。

学习重点：

1.mask 掩饰；伪装

mask (v.) 掩饰；伪装

conceal² (v.) 隐蔽；隐瞒

cover up (phr.) 盖住；掩盖

2.flaw 缺陷；瑕疵

flaw (n.) 缺陷；瑕疵

imperfection (n.) 不完美；瑕疵

defect (n.) 缺陷；不足之处

3.accentuate 强调；使更突出

accentuate (v.) 强调；使更突出

accent (n.) 特点，特色

1 accentuate   

v.着重，强调

参考例句：

• She has beautiful eyes, so we should accentuate them in the makeup.她眼睛很美丽，我们在化妆时应该突出她的眼睛。
• Mrs Obamas speeches rarely accentuate the positive.奥巴马夫人的演讲很少强调美国积极的一面。

2 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• 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。