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4. 其他核心单词列表 (大部分都是留学考试词汇。英文解释来自各个辞典,选最简洁
贴切的)
MATRICULATE: v. enroll as a student
DEBATE: 片中不是辩论的意思,而是to deliberate; consider: I debated with
myself whether to tell them the truth or not.
HAIL FROM: to be or have been native to or a resident of,片中"I wanted to
hail from a college called Yale."就是成为耶鲁一员
QUINTESSENTIAL: the purest or most refined of its kind. 巴朗的SAT和GRE词表都
有该词
EXTRACURRICULAR: outside the regular academic curriculum
FACILITIES: something designed and created to serve a particular function
and to afford a particular convenience or service
HONE: make perfect or complete
BUTTERY: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
GRILL: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate 片中用具备这
样的设施来表示每餐都有供应色拉和烧烤。
TO EAT ONE'S FILL: a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire
HANG OUT: If you hang out in a particular place or area, you go and stay
there for no particular reason, or spend a lot of time there. 这个词美剧随处
可见
TENURED PROFESSOR: 终身教授
GIVES ME CHILLS: If something sends a chill through you, it gives you a
sudden feeling of fear or anxiety.
MATCHING SHEETS: matching这边是指identical,完全一样的,而不是匹配的意思。
SUFFICE: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
REHEARSAL: a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as
of a play or speech or concert)
FELLOWSHIP: the state of being with someone 片中不是奖学金的意思,而是大家在
一起的意思
SUBSIDIZE: If a government or other authority subsidizes something, they
pay part of the cost of it.
CELEBRITIES: a widely known person
PREVAIL: continue to exist 片中不是胜利的意思
RUN INTO: If you run into someone, you meet them unexpectedly. 这个美剧中也
很多见
INTERSECT: meet at a point
HIT THE IGNITION: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-
combustion engine 开动机器,片中指开始行动起来投入学习
ACKNOWLEDGE: accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and
authority
另:因为是歌词,我翻译时很多为了整体效果,自己有比较大发挥,添、减、转、意译
等比较多,有不同意见欢迎告诉我。
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