每日一句口语 413(在线收听) |
今天的每日一句是: There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.--Bertrand Russell 读书有两种动机:一是享受阅读,二是以此卖弄。 --伯特兰-罗素(英国作家、哲学家、数学家,1950年诺贝尔文学奖得主) Notes: 1.motive n. 动机,主旨;(艺术作品的)主题,题材 adj. 运动的;动机的;发动的 vt. 促使 eg. The police could not find a motive for the murder. 警察不能找到谋杀的动机。 She definitely had an ulterior motive in offering to help. 她主动提出帮忙,肯定有不可告人的动机。 He didn't say these words without a motive. 他说这些话是有来头的。 2.boast vt. 自夸,自吹自擂;夸口说;以有…而自豪;自负有 n. 夸口,自负;自负的事物,引以为傲的东西;自夸的话;扬言 常见搭配: Great boast, small roast. [谚]说得多, 做得少。 make a boast of sth. 夸耀某事 without boasting 不是自夸(用于插入语) boast about 自夸; 自吹自擂 boast of 自夸; 自吹自擂 boast it 自大; 自夸 boast oneself of 自负; 自夸 |
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