双语阅读英语外刊精讲：奥运会(附音频)

2018-10-22 10:47:56来源：酷学英语

　　Sporting mega-events

　　前缀mega：兆，百万，放大

　　megahertz兆赫；megadeath百万人的死亡；megalomania妄想自大狂；megaphone扩音器；megaton兆吨，百万吨

　　1T = 1024G；1G=1024M：megabyte兆字节；百万字节；gigabyte十亿字节；terabyte万亿字节，兆兆字节

　　Gamesmanship

　　gamesman 以诈术取胜的人；用不正当手段但并不犯规取胜的运动员

　　friendship; relationship; kinship亲属关系

　　sportsmanship运动员精神；leadership领导力；craftsmanship技术

　　gamesmanship: N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词 Gamesmanship is the art or practice of winning a game by clever methods which are not against the rules but are very close to cheating. 手腕；花招；比赛战术，比赛策略

　　The business model for the Olympic Games is running out of puff力不从心；气喘吁吁

　　puff: 呼吸 - 喘气 - 泡芙

　　PIERRE DE COUBERTIN, the French aristocrat who founded the modern Olympics, was seduced by the world's fair.

　　aristocrat: N-COUNT An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title. 贵族

　　seduce: [often passive,常用被动态] to make someone want to do something by making it seem very attractive or interesting to them引诱，诱使

　　In 1990, 1904 and 1908 his games were embedded within such exhibitions.

　　embed: V-T If an object embeds itself in a substance or thing, it becomes fixed there firmly and deeply. 嵌入

　　He soured on the arrangement eventually because the games were overshadowed, “reduced to the role of humiliated vassal”, as he put it. 最终他对这样的安排大失所望，因为奥运会的光芒被掩盖，如其所言，“沦为一个受辱的附属品”。

　　sour: if a relationship or someone's attitude sours, or if something sours it, it becomes unfriendly or unfavourable （使）〔关系或态度〕变坏，变得不友善

　　overshadow: to make someone or something else seem less important使（别的人或事）显得较不重要，使相形见绌/黯然失色

　　humiliate: to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people are present使蒙羞，羞辱

　　human; humane; humid; humble; inhume; exhume

　　vassal: a man in the Middle Ages who was given land to live on by a lord in return for promising to work or fight for him〔中世纪领主下面的〕封臣，家臣〔对国君或领主效忠，作为回报获封土地〕

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