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词汇积累 | 拓展两个高频外刊&文学&影视表达 | 21-06-23

• June 23, 2021 • 翻译·译事随笔

camouflage

音标:

/'kæməflɑːʒ/

英英释义:

①Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.【n.(军事上的)伪装,隐蔽】

②If military buildings or vehicles are camouflaged, things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see them.【v.对(军事建筑或车辆)进行伪装;掩饰】

③ If you camouflage something such as a feeling or a situation, you hide it or make it appear to be something different.【v.掩饰;隐瞒】

④Camouflage is the way in which some animals are coloured and shaped so that they cannot easily be seen in their natural surroundings.【n.(动物的)伪装(术),保护色】

例句:

①They were dressed in camouflage and carried automatic rifles.

他们身穿迷彩服,携带自动步枪。

②You won't see them from the air. They'd be very well camouflaged .

你从空中是看不见它们的,它们会被精心伪装起来。

③He has never camouflaged his desire to better himself.

他从不掩饰自己的上进心。

④Confident in its camouflage , being the same colour as the rocks, the lizard stands still when it feels danger.

由于和岩石颜色一样,蜥蜴对自己的保护色充满信心;遇到危险时,它便一动不动。

这个单词挺高频的,《经济学人》一篇题为 Fail deadly 的文章也出现了两次这个表达:

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bump into

偶然遇见;意外碰到

英英释义:

If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.

例句:

I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.

我在走廊里意外碰见了默文·约翰斯。

Matt Haig的新书 The Midnight Library 也出现了两次这个表达:

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电影《一天》:

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电影《时空恋旅人》:

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