Chanpter 8?PAIN, SUFFERING, AND SURVIVAL?
WORDS
1.relish/?rel??/?
Justine appeared to relish their status even more than Musk.
釋義:to enjoy an experience or the thought of something that is going to happen
?搭配:relish the prospect/thought/idea/ chance/opportunity
adv搭配 [搭配]VERB + RELISH
positively, really,clearly, obviously避归,appear to, seem to
not particularly 不太期待:
?secretly 暗中喜歡:
同義:= enjoy, delight in, fancy, like, revel in, savour
.
例:He did not particularly relish the prospect of a meeting with his boss.
他可不太想見他的上司愧膀。
rather
造句:She secretly relished the thought of being alone with him.
2.heap
Reporters who months earlier had been heaping adulation on Musk turned on him.
釋義:heap praise/insults/critism etc on somebody to praise, insult etc someone a lot:
heap做名詞就是一堆化焕,比如經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的人可以說 a man heaps of experience
做動詞就是堆疊的意思佛南,可以理解為將獎勵堆疊到某人身上,就是大力夸獎或者批評的意思喉祭,文中是指平命拍馬屁
注意和leap區(qū)分驶沼,第一眼以為是leap
例:He heaped all the blame on his secretary.
造句: The teachers always heap on praise on the students who gets high score in the school
3.adulation [??dj??le??(?)n]
釋義:praise and admiration for someone that is more than they really deserve。
例:Minelli is a born performer - she loves the excitement and she loves the adulation
造句:PG One enjoy the adulation of their fans wherever he go.
放圖
4.turn on sb
釋義:to attack sb suddenly and unexpectedly
例: Why are you all turning on me (= criticizing or blaming me)?
造句: The lions suddenly turned on each other.
5.champion
Thomas then championed the premise that Musk was a? master manipulator who played fast and loose with other people's money.
釋義:to support, defend or fight for a person, belief, right or principle enthusiastically 支持敦第,聲援峰弹,捍衛(wèi)(人、信仰芜果、權(quán)利或原則)鞠呈,為…斗爭
例:He has championed constitutional reform for many years.他支持憲法改革好多年了。
Thoughts
Musk富有起來之后师幕,過著花花公子般的生活粟按,真的很難想象這種技術(shù)宅男也會喜歡紙醉金迷。不過之后他遇到了事業(yè)和家庭的雙重打擊霹粥,公司的項(xiàng)目接連出現(xiàn)問題灭将,遲遲不能成功。家庭方面也和Justine離婚了后控。不過上找到了一顆嫩草.....但是現(xiàn)在也已經(jīng)離婚了庙曙。
這一章里面的Musk和前幾章有一些不一樣的形象,這才是真實(shí)的人類吧浩淘。期待明天他是怎么survive的捌朴。