2023.11.17 18:21
语言最神奇的地方就是可以用简单的字句触动心灵,大家在遇到喜欢的句子或者片段会不会记录下来反复琢磨和揣测,并从中得到启发呢?本文为大家带来了一种全新的学习方式:从名人名言中学习GRE单词,同时还能为我们的GRE写作积累一些论据。
01
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
— Dostoyevsky
“什么是地狱?毫无疑问是那种想爱而无法去爱的痛苦。”
maintain
【释义】v. 维护、保持、坚持、抚养They have always maintained high standards of professional conduct.
02
To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
— Vittorio Alfieri
“犯错是人之常情;但对罪行的忏悔,贤者与恶人的态度是不一样的。”
contrition
【释义】n. 悔恨The substance of the ultimate communication should reflect, in the vernacular, the personal contrition of the board of directors and of the chief executive officer.
03
There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.
— Thoreau
“总有一种现实和存活的生命,无论好坏,它们都结合在一起来维护现实的存在。”
extant
【释义】adj. 尚存的,现存的So far, a total of nineteen extant and four fossil species of the genus have been described.
04
A consistent man believes in destiny; a capricious man in chance.
— Benjamin Disraeli
“一个不思进取的人相信命运;一个不甘现状的人相信机会。”
capricious
【释义】adj. 反复无常的、任性的I don't believe in random occurrences or blind chance, though I know the patterns of this world are capricious and terribly complex.
以上是小编为大家整理的出现在名言中的GRE词汇。其实不难发现,仅看单词有时候确实比较难记忆,但是将单词放在句子、歌词或文章片段中结合语境去记忆就会变得容易一些。结合名言的同时,我们还可以将作为写作的素材积累下来。同学们在学习的过程中也要注重掌握一定的方法,达到事半功倍的学习效果。
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