Chanpter 8 PAIN, SUFFERING, AND SURVIVAL
WORDS
1.relish/ˈrelɪʃ/
Justine appeared to relish their status even more than Musk.
释义:to enjoy an experience or the thought of something that is going to happen
搭配:relish the prospect/thought/idea/ chance/opportunity
adv搭配 [搭配]VERB + RELISH
positively, really,clearly, obviously,appear to, seem to
not particularly 不太期待:
secretly 暗中喜欢:
同义:= enjoy, delight in, fancy, like, revel in, savour
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例:He did not particularly relish the prospect of a meeting with his boss.
他可不太想见他的上司。
rather
造句:She secretly relished the thought of being alone with him.
2.heap
Reporters who months earlier had been heaping adulation on Musk turned on him.
释义:heap praise/insults/critism etc on somebody to praise, insult etc someone a lot:
heap做名词就是一堆,比如经验丰富的人可以说 a man heaps of experience
做动词就是堆叠的意思,可以理解为将奖励堆叠到某人身上,就是大力夸奖或者批评的意思,文中是指平命拍马屁
注意和leap区分,第一眼以为是leap
例:He heaped all the blame on his secretary.
造句: The teachers always heap on praise on the students who gets high score in the school
3.adulation [ˌædjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n]
释义:praise and admiration for someone that is more than they really deserve。
例:Minelli is a born performer - she loves the excitement and she loves the adulation
造句:PG One enjoy the adulation of their fans wherever he go.
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4.turn on sb
释义:to attack sb suddenly and unexpectedly
例: Why are you all turning on me (= criticizing or blaming me)?
造句: The lions suddenly turned on each other.
5.champion
Thomas then championed the premise that Musk was a master manipulator who played fast and loose with other people's money.
释义:to support, defend or fight for a person, belief, right or principle enthusiastically 支持,声援,捍卫(人、信仰、权利或原则),为…斗争
例:He has championed constitutional reform for many years.他支持宪法改革好多年了。
Thoughts
Musk富有起来之后,过着花花公子般的生活,真的很难想象这种技术宅男也会喜欢纸醉金迷。不过之后他遇到了事业和家庭的双重打击,公司的项目接连出现问题,迟迟不能成功。家庭方面也和Justine离婚了。不过上找到了一颗嫩草.....但是现在也已经离婚了。
这一章里面的Musk和前几章有一些不一样的形象,这才是真实的人类吧。期待明天他是怎么survive的。