Lesson Five: I'd rather be black than female
1. I'd rather …… than: prefer…… to……
如: I'd rather deal with a simple man than a sophisticated man.
我宁愿与纯朴的人打交道,不愿与世故的人交往。
I had rather never have been born than see this day of humiliation.
我宁愿自己未曾出生,也不愿遭受今天的耻辱。
I would (had) rather …… 但愿 (+that 从句中用过去式)。
如: I would rather he didn't tell her about it.
我真希望他不告诉她这件事。
I had rather you did it alone.
但愿你一人做。
2. Handicap: 1) any disadvantage that makes success more difficult. 不利的因素。
如: Bad health is a handicap. 身体不好是不利因素。
His lack of English is a great handicap to him. 他不懂英语对他是一大缺陷。
2) a physical or mental disability 残疾。
如: Blindness is a great handicap.眼瞎是一大残疾。
3. at once at the same time ; simultaneously 同时。
如: It's hard for one to do two things at once. 人很难同时做两件事。
4. eliminate : get rid of ; remove 消除。
如: to eliminate poverty 根除贫穷; eliminate the prejudice 消除偏见。
5. brainwash 洗脑。
如: Don't let television commercials brainwash you into buying anything you actually don't need.
别让电视广告引诱你购买自己实际不需要的东西。
6. invariably : always 常常,总是。
如: It's invariably wet when they take their holidays. 他们度假时总是下雨。
His intuition is invariably correct. 他的直觉总是对的。
7. Campaign: a connect set of actions to obtain a particular result in politics or business
(社会,政治,选举)运动;游说,宣传活动。
如: an election campaign 选举活动;an advertising campaign 广告宣传;
a campaign to combat crime 防止犯罪运动。
8. stereotype : a conventional , oversimplified conception 陈腔滥调;陈规,老套,固定的现象。
如: He fits the stereotype of a 'scholar'。 他是典型的''学者''。
The idea is an old-fashioned stereotype. 这观点是老一套了。
9. Predominate: be superior in numbers, etc. 占多数的。
如: Greens predominated in the picture. 绿色植物是画中最醒目的。
predominate over 胜过。
10. mold: work into a required shape or from 塑造。
如: Statues are molded out of bronze. 雕像是用青铜铸成的。
He molded his style on the best writers. 他以第一流作者为榜样塑造了自己的文体。
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