听歌学英文,是一种非常好的学英语的方式。
本期我们要分享的歌曲是peace by Taylor Swift
建议大家先对着歌词听一遍音乐,再看后面的精析。效果会更好~
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I never had the courage of my convictions我从未鼓起勇气,坚持自己的信念
convictions
中文释义:
n. 确信, 坚定的信仰,定罪, 判罪
英文释义:
①A conviction is a strong belief or opinion.
②If you have conviction, you have great confidence in your beliefs or opinions.
例句:
①His conviction last summer has been overturned.
此审推翻了去年夏天对穆巴拉克的判决。--《NPR音讯 》
②I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him.
直觉使我确信他有问题。
③Curiously, Holmes himself sometimes wavered in his conviction.
有意思的是,霍姆斯本人有时候对自己的看法也有点动摇。----《万物简史》
But I’m a fire and I’ll keep your brittle heart warm但我是团簇火,会用炙热温暖你脆弱的心灵
brittle
中文释义:
adj. 易碎的,脆弱的;易生气的
英文释义:
①If you describe a situation, relationship, or someone's mood as brittle, you mean that it is unstable, and may easily change.
②An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
③Someone who is brittle seems rather sharp and insensitive and says things which are likely to hurt other people's feelings.
例句:
①Unlike metals and plastics, though, they are brittle.
这点不像金属和塑料,尽管它们是脆的。---《经济学人-科技)》
②The duchess, though well-known as a society hostess, conveyed an unmistakably brittle air.
公爵夫人虽然是有名的社交界女主人,却明显流露出冷冰冰的表情
③She has a brittle temper.
她动辄就要发脾气。
④She gave a brittle laugh.
她冷淡地笑了笑。
⑤I think I'll pass on the fake peanut brittle, though.
不过这罐假的花生糖我还是不拿了。---《摩登家庭》
If your cascade ocean wave blues come如果你的忧郁如海浪般裹挟而来
cascade
音标:/kæs'keɪd/
中文释义:
n. 小瀑布;喷流;层叠
vi. 像瀑布般冲下或倾泻
v. 使瀑布似地落下
英文释义:
①If water cascades somewhere, it pours or flows downwards very fast and in large quantities.
②A cascade is a waterfall.
③If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
例句:
①The park has cascading waterfalls, beautiful mountain vistas and serene woods.
公园里有瀑布、美丽的山地景观和宁静的森林。
②Mr. Weasley stroking her hair while tears cascaded down his cheeks.
韦斯莱先生抚摸着她的头发,泪流满面。---《哈利波特与死亡圣器》
③Her hair was styled into a cascade of spiral curls.
她的头发被做成了瀑布般的螺旋形鬈发。
You paint dreamscapes on the wall你将梦境画在墙上
dreamscapes
中文释义:
n. 幻景
英文释义:
an imaginary, surrealistic, or dreamlike scene or setting, as in a film
例句:
It's not on my vision board or in my dreamscape.
这既不我的愿景板上 也不在我的梦景里。---《破产姐妹》
Sit with you in the trenches和你一起坐在战壕里
trenches
中文释义:
n. 沟,沟渠;战壕;堑壕
英文释义:
A trench is a long narrow channel that is cut into the ground, for example in order to lay pipes or get rid of water.
例句:
①I came up in the trenches, mate.
我是从真枪实弹中过来的,伙计。----《福尔摩斯基本演绎法第二季》
②Dig trenches to drain away the water.
挖沟以排水。
③I clambered out of the trench.
我费力地爬出壕沟。