雅思词汇解析 | 听口小词（1）

雅思词汇解析，释义到用法，清清楚楚

每一次的进步，都是来自点点滴滴的积累

 本期作者：张悦

revolve v. /rɪ'vɒlv/

原意：围绕…旋转

The earth revolves around the sun.

那么哪个天体绕着地球转呢？对喽，

The moon and thousands of other satellites revolve around the earth. 

这个单词在口语中怎么用呢？比如天忙着工作和学习的我们！到底多忙？

My whole world revolves around my work! 

I feel like my life revolves around school, I have missed out on exploring the world by being stuck in a classroom or home to study.

顺便一提，剑15的听力配对题中也出现了该单词，一起看看原文~

Only children have had a really bad press- a lot of studies have branded them as loners who think the world revolve around them because they have never had to fight for their parents’ attention.

问：“The people who think the world revolve around them”这个什么性格呢？  

A: introverted   

B: caring    

C: selfish 

原题答案：C: Selfish. 当然这只是对独生子的一种刻板印象, 不可取！

Getaway n. /'getəweɪ/

Get away 短语大家都熟悉，是离开，逃离的意思。

e.g. The robbers got away from the police. 劫匪在警察的眼皮底下逃脱。

看看下面这句话呢？

e.g. I'm taking some time off because I really need to get away for a few days. 这里get away 特指外出度假，或者休假。

那么 getaway 作为名词就不难理解了，

It is a place where people go for a short vacation/ It is a short holiday somewhere. 可以说一个假日休闲地或者是一个短假。

比如：

Taihu Lake is a popular weekend getaway. 

We have booked a romantic getaway to the seaside.

Butterfly n. /'bʌtəflaɪ/

原意：蝴蝶

1. The butterfly emerged from the pupa(蛹).

补充短语：

I have butterflies in my stomach. 表示心理七上八下。

可以用来描述参加比赛的一些经历。

Even after 15 years of performing in front of an audience I still gets butterflies before a show.

Social butterfly! 交际花！社牛！