生活大爆炸之外出就餐（1）

　　TBBT101-31 生活大爆炸之外出就餐（1）

　　Leonard: Is Thai food okay with you Penny?

　　Penny: Sure.

　　Sheldon: We can’t have Thai food, we had Indian for lunch.

　　Penny: So?

　　Sheldon: They’re both curry¹ based cuisines². (注: n+based+n)

　　Penny: So?

　　Sheldon: They would be gastronomically³ redundant⁴. I can see we’re going to have to spell out everything for this girl.

　　Penny: Any ideas Raj? (He just looks at her with a worried expression.)

　　based

　　【释】containing something as an important part or feature.(牛津高阶)

　　立基于，以…为基础,这里要学习的而是 n+based的结构

　　【例】a class-based society.(牛津高阶)

　　一个阶级社会

　　【例】carbon-based fuels.（韦氏学习）

　　碳基燃料

　　gastronomically

　　【释】connected with cooking and eating good food.(牛津高阶)

　　从美食法角度；从烹饪法角度

　　redundant

　　【释】repeating something else and therefore unnecessary.(韦氏学习）

　　冗余的；多余的

　　【例】Some people say that since all adages⁵ are old, the phrase “old adage” is redundant.(韦氏学习）

　　有些人说,因为所有的谚语都是古老的，所以说“古老的谚语”就多余了。

　　【例】The picture has too much redundant detail.（牛津高阶）

　　这幅画就太多画蛇添足的细节了。

　　spell out

　　【释】to explain something in a simple, clear way.(牛津高阶)

　　讲清楚

　　【例】You know what I mean-I'm sure I don't need to spell it out.（牛津高阶）

　　你知道我什么意思--我肯定我不用跟你再多解释了。

　　【例】She didn't get the hint, so he had to spell it out for her.（韦氏学习）

　　她没听懂提示，所以他得跟她解释解释了。

　　中英拓展练习

　　他编辑了论文并去掉了很多冗余信息和陈诉。

　　笔记作者MJE美剧口语联盟

 

1 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

2 cuisines   

n.烹饪( cuisine的名词复数 )；菜肴；（通常指昂贵的饭店中的）饭菜；烹饪艺术

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the different features of these cuisines? 能不能告诉我这些不同的烹调流派各自有哪些特点？ 来自地道口语脱口SHOW 高中超越版
• Ice sculptures are used as decorations in some cuisines, especially in Asia. 冰雕在某些菜肴中被当作装饰品，尤其在亚洲。 来自互联网

3 gastronomically   

adj.美食法的，美食学的

参考例句：

4 redundant   

adj.多余的，过剩的；(食物)丰富的；被解雇的

参考例句：

• There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
• Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员，都已调往其他部门任职。

5 adages   

n.谚语，格言( adage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some adages are gems. Others are fool's gold. 一些谚语是珍宝。其它的是废话。 来自互联网
• The vocabulary of folklore and the folk adages have intersections. We can't disjoin them completely. 因此民俗语汇的品类中有俗语成分，民俗语汇与俗语有交叉，二者不是截然分开的。 来自互联网