老友記特輯之單詞篇下
Chandler:And yet you're surprisngly upbeat.
不過你如此異常興奮。
upbeat意思是“快樂的,樂觀的”,比如:The manager talked to the employees with an upbeat note.經理以一個樂觀的語調和員工談話。
Phoebe:cleaning windshields outside port authority.
他給港務局的人清理車窗玻璃。
windshield意思是“擋風玻璃”,port意思是“港口;港口城市”,fishing port漁港,naval ports是軍港。The ship spent four days in port.這艘船在港口停留了四天。
authority在這里的意思是“當局;官方;當權者”,來看一下字典的解釋:the people or an organization who have the power to make decisions or who have a particular area of responsibility in a country or region.(有權利做決定或者在一個國家或地區,在某一領域有責任的人或者組織)。在本劇臺詞里,很顯然,是指一個組織。比如:Health authority衛生局。authority還有權利;管轄權;職權的意思。比如:Only the manager has the authority to sign the cheques.只有經理有權簽支票。under the authority of意思是“經...允許”,比如:We acted under the authority of UN.我們是在聯合國的授權下進行的。authority還可以有專家的意思,在某一領域很有權威,也就是這一領域的專家。比如:She is the authority on plastic surgery.她是整容領域的專家。
Phoebe:And I ended up living with this albino guy who was,like,
albino是患白化病的人。白化病是albinsim
Phoebe:and then I found aromatherapy.
aromatherapy意思是芳香療法(用天然芳香油鎮痛或按摩時揉入體內)
Rose:and try not to let my intense vulnerability become any kind of a factor here.
intense意思是強烈的,很大的,極端的。?
比如:intense heat酷熱,intense cold嚴寒,intense pain劇痛,intense pressure巨大的壓力。intense interest濃厚的興趣,intense pleasure十分快樂,intense desire強烈的欲望,intense anger極端憤怒。intense還可以表示激烈的,比如:intense competition激烈的競爭。 ?
vulnerability意思是脆弱性,是一個名詞,它的形容詞是vulnerable,意思是“(身體上或者情感上)易受...傷害的的,脆弱的”。比如:be vulnerable to illness容易得病的。