Words & Phrases
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be crucial to/for
對什么至關重要的
But take special care with the last sentence of each paragraph—it’s the crucial springboard to the next paragraph.
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hostile
①(unfriendly) 不友善的?expression, manner, person?
有敵意的?attack, audience, crowd?
to be hostile to ortowards [somebody]/[something];
對某人/某事物懷有敵意
②(opposed)反對的?criticism, opinion, attitude?
③(unwelcoming)不利的?situation, conditions, environment?
④Military 敵人的?aircraft, artillery fire, forces?
we came under hostile fire
我們遭遇敵方炮火攻擊
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secure
secure | BrE s??kj??, s??kj??, AmE s??kj?r |
A.adjective
①(firmly fixed)牢固的?structure, ladder?
to make [something] secure
把某物弄牢固
she made the rope secure around the trunk of a tree
她把繩子牢牢地系在樹干上
②(protected)安全的?place, hideout?; 穩(wěn)定的?job, income?
to be secure against or from [something];
不受某事物的威脅
make sure the house is secure before you leave it
出門前確保把門窗關好
is your pension secure against inflation?
你的養(yǎng)老金不會受通貨膨脹的影響嗎专普？
B.transitive verb
①(fix or fasten firmly)系牢?rope?; 關緊?door, window?
②(make safe)保護?house, premises?; 使…穩(wěn)固 ?position?
The museum closed at five and I returned to my motel secure in my memories and my research.
③Finance 為…擔保 ?debt?
the loan is secured on your house
這筆貸款是拿你的住房作抵押的
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be thick with
to be thick with [somebody/something]
與某人某事過于親近
Our daily landscape is thick with absurd messages and portents.
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glean
①(obtain)搜集?information, news, fact?
②(Agriculture literal)撿拾?grain?
You go gleaning one more time in insights you have already adduced.
Thoughts
- 文章和段落的開頭和結尾都很重要肃续，文章的開頭決定了讀者是否要繼續(xù)讀下去昧狮，文章的結尾決定了文章的高度。每段的結尾更是與下一段連接的跳板。
when you’re ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.
- 寫作的時候該停下的時候就要停下，不要嘗試牽扯沒用的東西。我寫作的時候經(jīng)常收不住樊拓，總是想把東西wang li bian jia
