2018.10.26 cement
英英释义：to make a relationship, idea etc stronger or more certain
例句：Collective goals can help cement solidarity.
做名词是水泥，做动词表示把….粘合，也可表示加强的意思，consolidate，make sth stronger比起来更有画面感。
例1：比如共同的目标可以让一个群体更团结：
Common goal can cement a group.
原文 Collective goals can help cement solidarity. 共同目标 collective goal，群体团结cement solidary 原文中没有出现群体的翻译，直接用solidarity
cement 后常接表示“关系”的名词，比如 relationship, friendship, tie, bond, connection 等词。
例2：相似的价值观和阅历可以加强关系
The same value and experience can cement relationship.
原文：Shared values and experiences can cement a bond.
相似的价值观 shared values，share的这种用法不会
例三：这种用法也是《经济学人》中的常客，比如：
Republicans won statehouses that Democrats had held for decades; in several competitive states they cemented their hold on power through gerrymandering.（'they cemented their hold on power through gerrymandering' 表示“他们（民主党）通过改划选区加强了他们对权利的掌控”）。
作业：
翻译 ：八卦可以让人们迅速增强友谊。
Gossip can cement friendship in a flash.
（参考翻译：The exchange of gossip can efficiently cement a friendship.）
八卦应该是交换八卦 The exchange of gossip， 迅速用efficiently，没有直接翻译。
场景：和陌生的中年女人聊孩子和丈夫能迅速增进和她们的关系。
Talking about their children and husbands can efficiently cement relationship with a strange middle-aged woman.
