最美英文单词 (1):生命苦短
英文单词总数远超百万,
有这样一些单词,
它们发音柔和,
音调悦耳,
词义优美,
给人美感,
令人愉悦;
今天说的这个,你认识吗:
ephemeral / ɪ'femərəl /
稍纵即逝的,朝生暮死的
Man does not live only in the empirical world.
We must seek the ephemeral.
人不能总活在现实世界里。
我们必须去追求瞬间的灿烂!
* empirical / ɪm'pɪrɪkəl /:经验的,实际的
the ephemeral:稍纵即逝的东西
And he appears and he disappears,
like a sunrise and a sunset.
Anything, so ephemeral.
It's just like our life.
We appear and we disappear,
and we are so important to some.
But we are just...
passing through.
他出现,然后又消失,
像日出和日落;
一切如此短暂,稍纵即逝,
就如我们的生命。
我们出现,然后消失,
对于一些人来说,我们如此重要,
但,我们都只是…
生命的过客,彼此擦肩而过。
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ephemeral 的同义词:
evanescent / evə'nesənt /
Prologue:
This is the tale of spontaneous Arabella,
who ran away with an extrinsic fellow.
It grieved her parents to see their firstborn evanesce from her home to go to Eastbourne.
开场白:
这是轻佻的阿卡贝拉的故事,
她和外来的家伙私奔;
留下了伤心的父母,看着他们的长女
从她的家乡消失,去往伊斯特本。
* spontaneous / spɑːn'teɪnɪəs /:不由自主的,天真率直的
extrinsic / ɪks'trɪnzɪk /:外来的
grieve / gri:v /:使…伤心
evanesce / evə'nes /:消失 ( = evanescence),evanescent 的名词。
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ephemeral 的同义词:
transitory / 'trænzətɔ:rɪ /
Ancient Hindus believed there's only one fate worse
than death and that was more life.
Those who lived motivated by transitory pleasures,
self-interest were destined to return to this earth.
Recycled, if you will,
forced to commence their journey
again and again and again.
古印度人认为,比死亡更可怕的是更多的轮回,
那些沉浸于短暂的欢愉和自身欲望的人,
注定要再回到世上,
重新轮回,
被迫开始他们为人的旅程,
一遍一遍又一遍。
* motivate / 'məʊtɪveɪt /:激励
self-interest:私利
destined / destind /:注定的
recycle / rɪ'saɪkl /:循环
commence / kə'mens /:开始
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还有这些,一口气全说出来了:
fleeting / fli:tɪŋ /
transient / 'trænʃənt /
impermanent / ɪm'pɜːrmənənt /
brief / bri:f /
passing / pæsɪŋ /
🌰:
a fleeting moment of happiness转瞬即逝的幸福时刻
the transience of life人生的短暂
impermanent memory短期记忆
a brief silence短暂的沉默
a passing thought / interest一闪之念 / 一时之兴
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