单词 | 那次 |
释义 | 〔grudge〕bears a grudge about the accident.对那次事故恨之入骨〔responsible〕In recent years,many people have objected to the use of the phraseclaim responsibility with reference to the authors of terrorist acts, as inA small separatist group claimed responsibility for the explosion, in which 30 passengers were killed. It is true that the phrase is not entirely felicitous,in as much as it does not convey the speaker's conviction that the action is deplorable.But alternatives such asadmit or take the blame cannot be recommended either, since they would imply misleadingly that the instigators had themselves acknowledged that the action was wrongful.近年来,许多人反对使用与恐怖主义活动制造者相关的词组claim responsibility , 如一小撮分离主义者声称对那次致使30位旅客丧生的爆炸负责 。 这个词组确实是不得体的,因为它没有表达说话者对悲惨行为的谴责。但也不能推荐如admit 和 take the blame 等替代词, 因为它们可能使人误导以为煽动者自己也承认行动是错误的〔holocaust〕"Israel emerged from the Holocaust and is defined in relation to that catastrophe"(Emanuel Litvinoff)“以色列是在大屠杀中出现并与那次灾难有关”(伊曼纽尔·利特温诺弗)〔gaffe〕"The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste"(Mary McCarthy)“那次谈话中的离题在他看来太出丑了,简直就是失去理智后的胡言乱语,毫无高尚趣味可言”(玛丽·麦卡锡)〔last〕last year; the last time I checked.去年;我最近检查的那次〔festive〕The birthday party was a festive occasion.那次生日聚会是个非常快乐的场合〔ramify〕The problem merely ramified after the unsuccessful meeting.那次不成功的会议后,问题变得更加复杂了〔guillotine〕"At half past 12 the guillotine severed her head from her body.”So reads the statementcontaining the first recorded use ofguillotine in English, found in theAnnual Register of 1793. The word occurs in a context clearly illustrating the function of theguillotine, "a machine with a heavy blade that falls freely between upright guides to behead a condemned person.” Ironically, the guillotine, which became the most notable symbol of the excesses of the French Revolution,was named for a humanitarian physician, Joseph Ignace Guillotin.Guillotin, a member of the French Constituent Assembly,recommended in a speech to that body on October 10, 1789,that executions be performed by a beheading device rather than by hanging, the method used for commoners, or by the sword, reserved for the nobility.He argued that beheading by machine was quicker and less painful than the work of the rope and the sword.In 1791 the Assembly did indeed adopt beheading by machine as the state's preferred method of execution.A beheading device designed by Dr. Antoine Louis, secretary of the College of Surgeons, was first used on April 25, 1792, to execute a highwayman named Pelletier or Peletier.The device was called alouisette or louison after its inventor's name,but because of Guillotin's famous speech,his name became irrevocably associated with the machine. After Guillotin's death in 1814,his children tried unsuccessfully to get the device's name changed.When their efforts failed,they were allowed to change their name instead.“十二点半,断头台斩落了他的头颅。”这句话如此写道。这是英语文章中第一次使用guillotine 这个词, 它出现在1793年的年度文摘 中。 该文中,该词清楚地体现了guillotine 的功用——“利用垂直向下砍落的重斧斩落犯人头颅的机器。” 令人啼笑皆非的是,这一成为法国大革命中恐怖暴行最显著标志的断头台,竟是因一个人文主义医生,约瑟夫·英格纳斯·吉约坦命名的。吉约坦是法国国民代表大会的成员,在1789年10月的一次发言中向大会提出,在处决犯人时以一种砍头的机器来代替处决普通犯人时所用的绞刑或是处决贵族时使用的宝剑。他认为用机器砍头比用绳子或宝剑快而且痛苦小。1791年,国民大会确实将用机器砍头定为国家处决犯人的方法。由外科医生院秘书长安东尼·路易医生设计的砍头装置在1792年4月25日处决拦路强盗佩尔蒂或佩尔捷时第一次使用。这个装置被称为路易塞特 或 路易森 , 因由其发明者而得名。但是由于吉约坦那次著名的发言,他的名字不可避免地与这种机器联系在一起。1814年吉约坦死后,他的子孙试图为这种机器换个名字,但没有成功。当他们的努力失败后,他们得到允许,改换了自己的名字〔flex〕"They had spent six years since the lightning Six Day War flexing their invincibility"(Howard Kaplan)“自从那次显示他们战无不胜的闪电似的六日战以来已有六年了”(霍华德·卡普兰)〔pick〕picked up five yards on that play.在那次游戏中获得五码〔realize〕She realized a substantial return on the investment.她在那次投资中获得了实在的回报〔read〕He was read out of the secretariat after the embarrassing incident.由于那次尴尬的事件,他被从秘书处开除了〔shake〕was badly shaken up by the accident.因那次事故而饱受惊吓〔burn〕That remark really burns me.那次评论的确激怒了我〔lowdown〕gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party.告诉我们实情:那次聚会上发生了什么?〔hide〕haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.自从那次争论后,我连他们的影子也没看到〔kiss〕He can kiss off that promotion.他被迫放弃那次提升 |
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