英语重点词汇语法详解tattle全.docx
英语重点词汇语法详解tattleRobert is always tattling on me for things I didn, t do.罗伯特总是乱打我的小报告。If a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done something bad especiallyAmE小孩打小报告【尤美】If you tattle on someone, you give information about them to a person in authority, especially if they have done something wrong. This word is used by and about children告状(儿童使用或关于儿童的词)tattle / *taetl / v. gossip; idle talk; talk about other people's private lives说长道短的闲谈;说闲话;谈论他人隐私【例句拓展】1. Parents should instruct their children not to tattle on one another 父母应该教导孩子们不要互相打对方的小报告。2. The two gossips, when coming together, would tittle-tattle to the slander of others.那两个长舌妇,碰到一起时总要喋喋不休地诽谤别 人。tittle-tattle / *titl #taetl / n. / v.闲聊;漫谈 gossip / fgDsip / n. someone who likes talking about other people' s private lives - used to show disapproval (含贬义)爰说长道短的人She was endowed with intelligence and wits.她天资聪颖。be endowed with: to naturally have a particular feature, quality, etc.天生赋有,生来具有(某种特性.品质等) intelligence/ inelidssns / n. the ability to learn, understand, and think about things智力,智慧;悟性;理解力 wits (plural 复数)your ability to think quickly and make the right decisions机智;颖悟力【例句拓展】1. She was endowed with good looks.她天生丽质。2. You are endowed with wealth, good health and a lively intellect.你天生赋有财富、健康,和敏锐的智力。3. You say that someone is endowed with a particular desirable ability, characteristic, or possession when they have it by chance or by birth.天生赋予We oppose the bill, on the grounds that it discriminates against women.我们反对这个议案,理由是它歧视女性。oppose / a'psoz / v. to disagree with something such as a plan or idea and try to prevent it from happening or succeeding 反对;阻碍bill / bil / n. a written proposal for a new law, that is brought to a parliament so that it can be discussed 议案,法案discriminate against 歧视;排斥【核心词汇】grounds(plural 复数)a good reason for doing, believing, or saying something充分的理由,根据There are strong grounds for believing his statement有充分的理由可以相信他的话。If something is grounds for a feeling or action, it is a reason for it. If you do something on the grounds of a particular thing, that thing is the reason for your action. 理由【词组搭配例句拓展】1. grounds for (doing) sth 作为理由Mental cruelty can be grounds for divorce .精神折磨可以作为离婚的理由。2. have grounds to do sth 有理由(做某事)Did the police have reasonable grounds to arrest him?警方有充分的理由逮捕他吗?3. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.采访中他给出了一些乐观的理由。4. on legal grounds出于法律原因5. on moral grounds出于道德原因