地道表达法（八）
以下短语和句子均来自托福短语训练。
Some people are apt to think of their own way of life as the normal one and to look down on life-styles that differ from it.
有些人倾向于认为自己的生活方式才是正常的，因而瞧不起与此不同的生活方式。
注释：
be apt to do指“有……倾向的，易于……的”，也可以为“往往、常常”。例如，动不动就发火，apt to lose someone’s temper，容易犯错，apt to make mistakes。
If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again.
someone’s way of life指某人典型的生活方式，或行为模式。我们比较常用的可能是life style，除此以外，还可以表述为mode of life，styles of living。其中life style写作lifestyle或life-style都是可以的。
A way of life is the behaviour and habits that are typical of a particular person or group, or that are chosen by them.
look down on指蔑视，轻视。表示蔑视的时候，我们还可以用scorn，contempt，despise等。其中，scorn是极端的蔑视，常伴有愤怒的情绪，look down on是自视优越瞧不起别人或某事，despise指因软弱、渺小等而被轻视，contempt是因觉得人或事无关紧要所以轻视。
To look down on someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true.
differ from指“不同”，其中differ为动词，形容词形式是different，be different from，也可以用distinct from。
If two or more things differ, they are unlike each other in some way.
I love the smell the pages of an old book give off when you open it.
我喜欢翻开一本旧书时，书籍所散发出的那种气味。
注释：
give off指“释放”，也可指散发出某种气味，释放热量、气体等，可以用give out替换。send out指发出信号、声音、光等，如果这里使用的是emit，则特指通过某种物力或化学的方式散发出来，是较正式的用法。
If something gives off or gives out a gas, heat, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out into the air.
If something emits heat, light, gas, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out by means of a physical or chemical process.
Her car collided with a bus from behind.
她的车和后方的一辆公交撞到了一起。
注释：
collide with指“碰撞”，这里需要注意的是，两个或更多移动物体相撞是collide，如果一方在移动，一方静止，发生碰撞的时候应该用collide with。原句中使用collide with，表明她的车是静止的，公交车从后面撞上了小车，而追尾发生的情况是两车在同一车道行驶，后车车头与前车车尾相撞。
collide with还可以指目标或意见相冲突，如果用到了conflict，指信仰、观念或利益之间有严重分歧，clash with则指信仰、观点等相互抵触，不相容。
If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
If the aims, opinions, or interests of one person or group collide with those of another person or group, they are very different from each other and are therefore opposed.
Dripping water wears away a stone not with its strength, but with its constancy.
滴水穿石靠的不是强度，而是持久。
注释：
wear away指某物磨损，逐渐磨薄、最终消失，原因可能是使用频率高，或者摩擦较多。我们以前也讲解过wear out，也是磨损，特指用坏。
If you wear something away or if it wears away, it becomes thin and eventually disappears because it is used a lot or rubbed a lot.
The aurora is a phenomenon characteristic of the Polar Regions.
极光是极地特有的自然现象。
注释：
be characteristic of指典型的，显著的。我们常用的表示典型的单词还有typical, representative, classic，除此以外还可用be emblematic of或canonical。
A quality or feature that is characteristic of someone or something is one which is often seen in them and seems typical of them.
He lost his balance and fell off his bicycle.
他失去了平衡，从自行车上跌了下来。
注释：
lose one’s balance指失去平衡，还可以用off balance来表示。相对的，保持平衡是keep one’s balance。如果说一个人心理失衡，可以用psychological imbalance。
If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
fall off的释义比较多，可以指跌落、脱落，还可指程度降低、数量或规模减少。
以上短语和句子均来自托福短语训练，还没用过的贝友，可以免费试用哦～
Some people are apt to think of their own way of life as the normal one and to look down on life-styles that differ from it.
有些人倾向于认为自己的生活方式才是正常的，因而瞧不起与此不同的生活方式。
注释：
be apt to do指“有……倾向的，易于……的”，也可以为“往往、常常”。例如，动不动就发火，apt to lose someone’s temper，容易犯错，apt to make mistakes。
If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again.
someone’s way of life指某人典型的生活方式，或行为模式。我们比较常用的可能是life style，除此以外，还可以表述为mode of life，styles of living。其中life style写作lifestyle或life-style都是可以的。
A way of life is the behaviour and habits that are typical of a particular person or group, or that are chosen by them.
look down on指蔑视，轻视。表示蔑视的时候，我们还可以用scorn，contempt，despise等。其中，scorn是极端的蔑视，常伴有愤怒的情绪，look down on是自视优越瞧不起别人或某事，despise指因软弱、渺小等而被轻视，contempt是因觉得人或事无关紧要所以轻视。
To look down on someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true.
differ from指“不同”，其中differ为动词，形容词形式是different，be different from，也可以用distinct from。
If two or more things differ, they are unlike each other in some way.
I love the smell the pages of an old book give off when you open it.
我喜欢翻开一本旧书时，书籍所散发出的那种气味。
注释：
give off指“释放”，也可指散发出某种气味，释放热量、气体等，可以用give out替换。send out指发出信号、声音、光等，如果这里使用的是emit，则特指通过某种物力或化学的方式散发出来，是较正式的用法。
If something gives off or gives out a gas, heat, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out into the air.
If something emits heat, light, gas, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out by means of a physical or chemical process.
Her car collided with a bus from behind.
她的车和后方的一辆公交撞到了一起。
注释：
collide with指“碰撞”，这里需要注意的是，两个或更多移动物体相撞是collide，如果一方在移动，一方静止，发生碰撞的时候应该用collide with。原句中使用collide with，表明她的车是静止的，公交车从后面撞上了小车，而追尾发生的情况是两车在同一车道行驶，后车车头与前车车尾相撞。
collide with还可以指目标或意见相冲突，如果用到了conflict，指信仰、观念或利益之间有严重分歧，clash with则指信仰、观点等相互抵触，不相容。
If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
If the aims, opinions, or interests of one person or group collide with those of another person or group, they are very different from each other and are therefore opposed.
Dripping water wears away a stone not with its strength, but with its constancy.
滴水穿石靠的不是强度，而是持久。
注释：
wear away指某物磨损，逐渐磨薄、最终消失，原因可能是使用频率高，或者摩擦较多。我们以前也讲解过wear out，也是磨损，特指用坏。
If you wear something away or if it wears away, it becomes thin and eventually disappears because it is used a lot or rubbed a lot.
The aurora is a phenomenon characteristic of the Polar Regions.
极光是极地特有的自然现象。
注释：
be characteristic of指典型的，显著的。我们常用的表示典型的单词还有typical, representative, classic，除此以外还可用be emblematic of或canonical。
A quality or feature that is characteristic of someone or something is one which is often seen in them and seems typical of them.
He lost his balance and fell off his bicycle.
他失去了平衡，从自行车上跌了下来。
注释：
lose one’s balance指失去平衡，还可以用off balance来表示。相对的，保持平衡是keep one’s balance。如果说一个人心理失衡，可以用psychological imbalance。
If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
fall off的释义比较多，可以指跌落、脱落，还可指程度降低、数量或规模减少。
以上短语和句子均来自托福短语训练，还没用过的贝友，可以免费试用哦～
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