Words & Phrases
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dates from 1907 & goes back to 1907
date:
(originate)追溯
to date from or back to; 追溯到 ?point in time, event?
go back:
(have history tracing back to) 追溯
the family goes back to the Norman Conquest
這個(gè)家族可追溯到諾曼征服時(shí)期
- My own attachment to the hen dates from 1907, and I have been faithful to her in good times and bad.
- But mainly what I like is that this is a man telling me unabashedly about a love affair with poultry that goes back to 1907.
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cliche?
①Countable(over-used phrase)陳詞濫調(diào)
a cliché-ridden style
充滿陳詞濫調(diào)的風(fēng)格
②Countable(over-used idea)陳腐的想法 (over-used technique)陳舊方法
the car chase is a cinema cliché
追車戲是電影中的老一套
③Uncountable(use of clichés)使用陳詞濫調(diào)
- It’s the common currency of newspapers and of magazines like People—a mixture of cheap words, made-up words and cliche?s that have become so pervasive that a writer can hardly help using them.
- Sloppy editing is common in newspapers, often for lack of time, and writers who use cliche?s often work for editors who have seen so many cliche?s that they no longer even recognize them.
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finicky
①(fussy)過(guò)分講究的 ?person, eater?
to be finicky about [something];
對(duì)某事過(guò)分講究
②(fiddly)煩瑣的?job?
Notice the decisions that other writers make in their choice of words and be finicky about the ones you select from the vast supply.
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scorn
A.noun Uncountable輕蔑
to treat [somebody] with scorn 輕蔑地對(duì)待某人
to be the scorn of [somebody]; 受某人的奚落
to be held up to scorn by [somebody] 受到某人的鄙視
B.transitive verb
①(deride)鄙視
②(reject)不屑接受?offer, advice?
C.intransitive verb
to scorn to do [something];
- Their scorn only increased my devotion to the hen.
- And don’t scorn that bulging grab bag Roget’s Thesaurus .
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bear in mind
bear (someone or something) in mind = keep sth. or sb. in mind
bear in mind (that) = remember that
Also bear in mind, when you’re choosing words and stringing them together, how they sound.
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relish
A.transitive verb
①(enjoy)享受 ?food, joke?
②(look forward to)盼望 ?fight, prospect, idea?
she didn't relish going home alone on the underground
她可不想獨(dú)自一人乘地鐵回家
B.noun
①Uncountable(enjoyment)享受
②Uncountable(pleasurable anticipation)興趣
③Uncountable(pleasing taste)美味
④Uncountable and countableCulinary (condiment)佐料
I relish (in my ear) the pattern his words make as they fall into a sentence.
Thoughts
Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what was written by earlier masters. Writing is learned by imitation.
模仿是寫作中很重要的一環(huán)，沒(méi)有人生來(lái)就是會(huì)寫作的。我們要從閱讀中學(xué)習(xí)他人的遣詞造句以及表達(dá)技巧惋戏。就跟韓寒最開(kāi)始是模仿錢鐘書的文風(fēng)一樣领追，我們要大量閱讀并嘗試去模仿，在模仿之中逐漸找到自己的風(fēng)格响逢。閉門造車是行不通的绒窑。
An occasional short sentence can carry a tremendous punch.
在寫作中要注意語(yǔ)句間的節(jié)奏，長(zhǎng)短句結(jié)合會(huì)讓文章讀起來(lái)朗朗上口舔亭。
The only way to avoid it is to care deeply about words. If you find yourself writing that someone recently enjoyed a spell of illness, or that a business has been enjoying a slump, ask yourself how much they enjoyed it. Notice the decisions that other writers make in their choice of words and be finicky about the ones you select from the vast supply. The race in writing is not to the swift but to the original.
寫作中要注意用詞的準(zhǔn)確性些膨，學(xué)會(huì)查字典。
