2023.07.10
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01【despise】
V.轻视，鄙视
a)Men are in awe of the history, yet despise the future.
人类敬畏历史，却轻视未来。（《流浪地球2》）
b)While men love women as a group but find it hard to like them individually. Women despise the race of men but like them as individuals.
男人喜欢女人整个群体，但不喜欢某个女人。女人讨厌男人整个群体，却喜欢某个男人。
02【hardy】
Adj./N.强壮的，耐寒的
a)For these Chinese of the north hardy and brave, the horizon was a potent symbol.
这块土地见证了北方中国人的勤劳勇敢。
b)There was none to convey it but the little hardy courier（信使，导游） of the fields with his rough, green coat and modest air.
而除了穿着粗陋的绿色外衣、面带羞怯神情的勇敢的田野小信使之外也不会有谁来传递春天的信息了。
03【grandeur】
N.壮观，宏伟
a)This approach obviously oversimplifies the grandeur of language, and is doomed（注定的，厄运） to be an incomplete theoretical model.
这种方法显然过于简化了语言的复杂性，而且显然是一个不完整的理论模型。
b)Northern gardens are characterized by grandeur of scope, where as a Southern gardens emphasized a more delicate beauty.
北方园林以宏大而富丽堂皇为特征，而南方园林则更强调玲珑精致之美。
04【throng】
V./N./Adj.挤满，群集，人群，拥挤的
a)People would throng to her little confectionary shop.
人们会涌向她的小糖果店。
b)I have a throng of admires who can’t keep their adoring eyes off me.
我有很多追求者，他们总盯着我看。（《安妮日记》）
05【escort】
N./V.护送
a)The Chinese Navy dispatched 26 escort task forces.
海.军执行过执行过26次护航任务。
b)Allow me to escort you home.
请允许我送您回家。
06【mirth】
N.欢乐，高兴
a)Her mirth disarms and it is she who teaches us to laugh at rogues and fools, whom but for her we might be so weak as to despise and hate.
是她教会我们嘲笑流氓和笨蛋，如果没有她，我们大概都会软弱起来，只能去蔑视、仇恨这些人。
b)”True, true, “ said the lady to herself; “there is mirth within its walls, but misery, misery without. “
“是的是的，”女士自言自语道，“墙内满是欢乐，可是，可是墙外全是痛苦。”
07【restrain】
V.抑制，约束
a)But the little prince could not restrain his admiration.
但是小王子忍不住赞叹。（《小王子》）
b)There is a nameless sorrow and grief rushed to my mind, as if a heavy heart, I restrain my tears, do not let it flow out.
有一种莫名的酸楚冲上我的心头，心仿佛沉重了，我抑制住我的泪，不让它流出来。
08【calamity】
N.灾祸，不幸
a)There’s the respect that makes calamity of so long life.
人们甘心久困于患难中，也就是为了这个缘故。（《哈姆雷特》）
b)Only the heavenly calamity can stop the demon pill.
只有天上的灾难才能阻止恶魔的视线。（《哪吒》英译）
09【assert】
V.断言，维护，坚持，主张
a)