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词汇积累 | 'ghoulish',把自己的快乐建立在别人的痛苦之上。

• June 29, 2021 • 翻译·译事随笔

ghoulish

英英释义:

①Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies.【adj.以他人的痛苦为乐的;对死亡(或死人)感兴趣的】

②Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul.【adj.食尸鬼似的】

例句:

①They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.

他们去那里纯粹是为了满足其病态的好奇心。

②The ghoulish apparitions at the window.

在窗户边游荡的食尸鬼的幻影。

《经济学人》一篇题为 Terminal value 的文章也出现了这个表达:

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no sooner...than

刚…就…

英英释义:

If you say that no sooner has one thing happened than another thing happens, you mean that the second thing happens immediately after the first thing.

例句:

No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he was kidnapped.

他刚到罗马就遭到了绑架。

Romain Gary的小说 Promise at dawn 也出现了这个表达:

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这个句式是一个高频考点,一般会考察它的倒装用法以及“than”的用法,大家一定要多多留意哦~

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