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amnesia
n.记忆缺失;健忘(症)[/scode]
音标:
/æm'niːzɪə/
英英释义:
If someone is suffering from amnesia, they have lost their memory.
例句:
People suffering from amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects.
患健忘症的人不会忘记关于物体的一些基本知识。
Matt Haig的新书 The Midnight Library 也出现了这个表达:
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to one's credit
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英英释义:
If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
例句:
①She had managed to pull herself together and, to her credit, continued to look upon life as a positive experience.
她已经努力振作起来,而且值得称赞的是,她仍然积极乐观地看待生活。
②Although the offences were horrific it was to her credit that she had owned up.
她的犯罪手段很残忍,但她的供认不讳还是可以认可的。
《新闻周刊》一篇题为 Is science too mean 也出现了这个表达: