美文串记考研词汇 朋友

Friends

朋友

Friends play an important role in our life. In pleasure, friends will share happiness together with you; in depression, friends will unburden your anxiety, sorrow, distress¹ or puzzle, and cheer you up; in hesitation², the frank suggestion from friends can make you confident and vigorous.

朋友在我们生命中扮演着重要的角色。快乐时朋友和你一起分享快乐；沮丧时，朋友可以分担你心中的焦虑、悲伤、担忧或迷惑。犹豫时，朋友的建议可以使你充满信心和活力。

When you encounter difficulties, the spiritual of financial aid of friends can easily confirm your belief to accomplish your objective. Furthermore, an intimate and loyal friend is also a healthy outlet³ of your negative feelings such as complaint, hatred⁴ or even curse.

当你遇到困难时，在朋友的精神支持或资金援助下，你可以顺利地实现你的目标；而且，亲密忠诚的朋友也是你抱怨、憎恨甚至是诅咒的发泄口。

Indeed, friends are those who willingly and readily help us when we are in trouble, and show sympathy for us when we are in misery⁵. To make friends, some factors must be taken into account such as age, race, intelligence and individual passion. Although these ingredients are not of prime importance, it is more difficult for us to get on with others when there is a marked difference in age and background.

其实，朋友就是那些在我们遇到困难时乐意帮助我们、在我们悲伤时同情我们的人。交朋友必须考虑诸如年龄、种族、智力水平和个人感情等因素。虽然这些因素并非至关重要，但当人们的年龄与背景方面存在明显差异时，他们往往较难相处。

Normally speaking, a permanent friendship needs mutual⁶ tolerance⁷ and understanding.

一般来说，长久的友谊需要相互的容忍和理解。

1 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

2 hesitation   

n.犹豫，踌躇

参考例句：

• After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天，他终于直说了。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。

3 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

4 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

5 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

6 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

7 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。