每日一句口语 404

今天的每日一句是：

The most amazing things in life tend to happen right at the moment

you're about to give up hope.

生活中最神奇的事往往发生在你准备放弃希望的那一刻。

Notes:

1.amazing

adj. 令人惊异的

vt. 使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的现在分词)；使惊异：感到非常好奇

n. 吃惊；好奇

eg.

in amazing colors

五彩缤纷

The news is quite amazing.

这消息十分惊人。

Well!Look at that amazing sight!

哦！看那迷人的景色！

2. tend to

朝某方向；趋向；偏重

Arthur's books tend to poverty¹.

亚瑟的书趋于单调乏味。

The wind is tending to the south.

风势转为南。

3.give up

放弃；投降；把…让给；戒除

eg.

I can't answer that puzzle; I give up.

我猜不出这个谜语, 我认输了。

Bad habits are not easily given up.

恶习难改。

She will give up this journey.

她将放弃这次旅行。

Have you given up drinking whisky² before breakfast?

你在早餐以前已不喝威士忌了吗?

1 poverty   

n.贫穷， 贫困， 贫乏， 缺少

参考例句：

• We must continue to war against poverty and disease.我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争。
• He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。

2 whisky   

n.威士忌酒

参考例句：

• I'm sure this whisky has been watered down.我敢肯定这瓶威士忌掺过水了。
• She poured herself a large tot of whisky.她给自己倒了一大杯威士忌。