《絕望的主婦》S07E03學習筆記:Happiness
作者:滬江英語
來源:滬江英語
2012-06-28 13:00
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Happiness is something everyone searches for.
Some are sure they'll find it once they've moved back home,
Some think they'll find it by making a new friend.
Some hope to find it once they've defeated the competition.
Then there are those who stop searching for happiness because they look up one day to discover it was right there in front of them all the time.
?【重點詞匯講解】
1. defeat
vt. 擊敗,戰(zhàn)勝;挫?。皇埂. 失??;戰(zhàn)勝
短語:thorough defeat徹底失敗;defeat rivals戰(zhàn)勝對手;in defeat失??;suffer defeat遭受失敗?
詞義辨析:conquer,overcome,overthrow,defeat,beat,subdue這些動詞均含“征服,戰(zhàn)勝”之意。
conquer側重戰(zhàn)勝和控制。書面用詞。
overcome多指戰(zhàn)勝或克服非物質的東西,如困難和不良習慣等。語氣較弱也可指在斗爭或競爭中戰(zhàn)勝或壓倒對方。
overthrow指徹底擊敗對手,使其喪失力量和地位。
defeat普通用詞,多指在戰(zhàn)爭、比賽、競選或辯論中戰(zhàn)勝對手,側重勝利的暫時性。
beat口筆語均可用,可與defeat換用。
subdue正式用詞,與conquer同義,但強調失敗后的臣服狀態(tài);也可用作借喻,表克制、壓抑感情、欲望等。
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2. discover
vt. 發(fā)現(xiàn);發(fā)覺;vi. 發(fā)現(xiàn)
詞義辨析:discover,find,detect,ascertain這些動詞均有“發(fā)現(xiàn)”之意。
discover普通用詞,指發(fā)現(xiàn)本來存在,但示被認識的事物、真理或情況。
find普通用詞,可指偶然發(fā)現(xiàn),也可指經(jīng)過尋找后得到或重新獲得已失去的東西。強調動作的結果。
detect正式用詞,強調經(jīng)過周密觀察或研究而有所獲得和發(fā)現(xiàn),尤指發(fā)現(xiàn)有意隱藏之物。?
ascertain較正式用詞,指有意搜尋與發(fā)現(xiàn)。
?【經(jīng)典句型】
Then there are those who stop searching for happiness because they look up one day to discover it was right there in front of them all the time.然后,還有一些人停止了搜尋幸福,因為他們某天抬頭發(fā)現(xiàn)幸福就在眼前。