比如说对于"keen"这个单词,你看了一眼,知道了它差不多有"激烈的,热血的,渴望的,锋利敏捷的"这些意思,并且看了看例句。好了,好像记得七七八八了。但是对于"fervent,avid,enthusiastic,zealous"这些词,它们同样可以有“热心的”意思,你知道它们和"keen"之间的区别吗? 下次阅读时碰到一个句子"They sell reliable products at very keen prices",你能反应过来keen在句子中的意思吗?你能用这个单词造几个句子灵活应用到写作中吗?
THIS newspaper churlishly deprives its editors of the egocentric adornments of our trade.Tragically, these pages include no weekly “editor’s letter” to readers, underneath a beaming, air-brushed picture. Online, there is a weekly e-mail, but that comes from your “desk”, not you. As editor, you spend your time in deplorable obscurity, consoled merely by the fact you have the nicest job in journalism. But there are two indulgent exceptions: a brief mention when you are appointed; and this valedictory leader, which attempts to sum up the world that has hurtled across your desk.
It starts on the first day, and never lets up. There are elections, coups, wars, bankruptcies and tsunamis. Science throws up discoveries and ideas. A pantomime of Putinesque villains and Berlusconi-style clowns force themselves onto the cover. But for the things this newspaper cares about, the past nine years have been a battle, one that has left me in a state of paranoid optimism. Paranoia because so much remains under threat; optimism because, for the most part, the creed this newspaper lives by is strong enough to survive.