Ch 10, Part 1(~ Paragraphs)|On Writing Well (11.6)

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1. scraps and morsels 零零碎碎

2. under the umbrella (of sth)

This is a chapter of scraps and morsels—small admonitions on many points that I have collected under one, as they say, umbrella.

umbrella:a unifying, conditioning, stabilizing, or controlling factor, agency, category, or authoritative influence

在这里表示a unifying category,“总体”,零零星星的汇总。

3. get around doing sth

Use active verbs unless there is no comfortable way to get around using a passive verb.

get around: to escape the force of (同义词:evade)逃避

4. perpetrate

A style that consists of passive constructions will sap the readers' energy. Nobody ever quite knows what is being perpetrated by whom and on whom.

perpetrate: to produce, perform, or execute badly or in a manner held to be execrable or shocking 犯(罪);做(错事);干(坏事)

此处也就是“done”,带有否定含义,对使用被动的表达给予批评。

5. compound

They prefer long words of Latin origin to short Anglo-Saxon words—which compounds their trouble and makes their sentences still more glutinous.

compound: Make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of 恶化

6. fitfully

Active verbs push hard; passive verbs tug fitfully.

中文译本:主动动词推得紧,被动动词时时拖。

fitfully表示“间歇性地”,fit表示“一阵(情感或活动)”,如a fit of jealousy(一阵妒忌),went off into a quiet fit of laughter(发出一阵轻笑)。

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