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点滴英语天天学第316期:雅思词汇(156)

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1. Expression:lift one out of rut

Explanation:To make one give up his old habitual behavior. (使得某人摆脱就习惯

Example:He goes out drinking most evenings and comes back after midnight. His wife is tired of it and ditermined to life him out of the rut.

晚上他差不多都到外边喝酒,然后午夜后才回家。他的妻子厌倦他这样的习惯,决心帮他摆脱。

Mike who likes to take no part in the conversation sit silently smoking when he stays with his friends. And his friends think that it does harm to him and try to lift him out of rut.

Mike和朋友待在一起的时候,不喜欢参与谈话,只是一声不响地坐着抽烟。他的朋友觉得这样对Mike没有益处,想帮他摆脱这种情况。

2. Expression:get into a rut

Usage:也可以说说为:get in a rut

Explanation:To become seemingly trapped or stuck in a mundane, non-changing pattern of life, work, or personal behavior. (开始默守陈规的生活,开始过粗糙僵化的生活

Example:I had so many ambitions when I first graduated from college, but now I feel like I've got into a rut.

当我刚从大学毕业的时候,我有很多雄心壮志,但是现在我觉得我开始进入墨守成规的生活了。

We're getting in a rut—let's move abroad for the summer and shake things up!

我们正进入循规蹈矩的生活,我们搬到国外去过夏天的生活,彻底改变一下现在的生活。

I suddenly realized one day that I would get in a rut for years: same job, same flat, same friends.

我突然意识到总有一天,我会常年进入循规蹈矩的生活——日复一日做同样的工作,居住在一样的公寓里,和一样朋友来往。
3. Expression:button-down

Explanation:Conservative or old-fashioned, as of a person's clothing, attitude, behavior, or beliefs. (守旧的

Example:He spent his entire adult life as a button-down clerk, so when he turned 65, he decided it was time for adventure.

他是名守旧的职员,度过了他的整个成年人生活。所以,当他65岁的时候,他就决定去探险了。

She is an button-down lady and very opinionated, who opposes new things openly.

她是个固执守旧的人,公开反对新事物。

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conservative [kən'sə:vətiv]

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adj. 保守的,守旧的
n. 保守派(党),

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conversation [.kɔnvə'seiʃən]

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n. 会话,谈话

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mundane ['mʌndein]

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adj. 平凡的,世俗的,宇宙的

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habitual [hə'bitjuəl]

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adj. 惯常的,习惯的

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pattern ['pætən]

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n. 图案,式样,典范,模式,型
v. 以图案

 
explanation [.eksplə'neiʃən]

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n. 解释,说明

 
adventure [əd'ventʃə]

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n. 冒险,奇遇
vt. 冒险,尝试

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