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Gabby·Channing Gabby英语早读——势利的判别
Just for Fun
片段讲解秀
from:《蒙娜丽莎的微笑》
A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you, and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are.
势利的人以一小部分的你来判别你的全部价值。
发音技巧:
A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you, and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are.
生词发音:
snob [snɑ:b] [snɒb] n. 势利小人,势利眼
complete [kəm`plit] [kəm`pliːt] adj. 完整的;完全的
vision [`vɪʒən] n. 美景;眼力;幻象;价值
音标标注:第一个为美音,第二个为英音
词汇讲解:
snob
someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval
势利的人〔含贬义〕
Stop being such a snob.
别这么势利眼。
someone who thinks they are better than other people because they know more about something – used to show disapproval
自以为学识渊博的人,自命不凡的人
a bunch of intellectual snobs
一群自命不凡的知识分子
翻译提升:
<上期翻译答案>旅行要花多少费用你算出来没有?
<本期翻译练习>Not many people described her as a social snob.
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