英語學(xué)習(xí) 日記1

sublime?sub-,在下,向上,-lim,門檻,界限,詞源同limit;?接近完美的界限,升華,使高尚
potentials??
adj. 潛力,having the capacity to develop into something in the future.
不可數(shù)名詞?,可能性;潛在性 If you say that someone or something has potential for doing a particular thing, you mean that it is possible they may do it. If there is the potential for something, it may happen.√
Old age is neither inherently miserable nor inherently sublime —?like every stage of life it has problems,joys, fears and potentials.
老年既不是一成不變的悲哀,也不是一成不變的美好 - 就像人的每一個(gè)階段一樣,都有它的問題,歡樂,擔(dān)憂,可能性。

沒有人答話,只有埃爾吉走了過來。他那充血的眼睛里充滿悲傷和痛苦。??
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Nobody spoke but Elgie came over, his bloodshot eyes filled with sorrow and misery.??

有的人抽出他們手指碰到的第一張紙條;有的人似乎懷疑命運(yùn)企圖將某一張紙條強(qiáng)加于他們,所以他們剛剛從鞋里抽出一張,就又扔回去,再另?yè)Q一張。
Some men drew the first slip which touched their fingers; others seemed to suspect that fate was trying to force on them a particular slip and when they bad drawn one a little way from the shoe would let it drop again and choose another.
suspect :vt.懷疑

Product leaders have a vested interest in protecting the entrepreneurial environment that they have created.
vest 背心 ,vested 既定的 ,vest interest既得利益?

Yet medical monstr o sit ies that are hardly any better undoubtedly continue, almost as a matter of macabre routine, in America, Britain and many other countries.
然而,醫(yī)療上出現(xiàn)的可怕事件如洪水猛獸一般,并不比安樂死的情況更好。它們無疑會(huì)在英美以及其他國(guó)家中繼續(xù)肆虐,幾乎成了令人恐怖的常規(guī)。
-ster,貶義后綴。用于指怪物,惡魔,在古代出現(xiàn)反常的現(xiàn)象或怪物通常意味著上帝對(duì)人的警告。
來自monster,怪物。比喻用法。
極其丑陋的龐然大物 If you describe something, especially something large, as a monstrosity, you mean that you think it is extremely ugly.