【核心词汇】DAY 157

参考例句

1 . The patient's condition was critical and she needed an operation but there was no guarantee that she would survive the anaesthetic; the surgeon was on the horns of a dilemma .
病人情况危急，因而需要手术，但又无法保证她是否能经受得住麻醉剂，外科医生处于进退两难的境地。

2 . The bad weather put us in a dilemma .
糟糕的天气使我们进退两难

3 . Faced with the dilemma , he opted for soldiering on.

面临着进退两难的困境，他决定顽强地坚持下去。

Be faced with.面对

visualize ['viʒuəlaiz]

v. 使...看得见，形象化，设想

词根 ：visual视力+ize→使[大家]看到→具体化

参考例句

1 . I cannot visualize what he looked like.
我想像不出他是什么样子。

2 . One person may wish for an oasis of tranquility, another may visualize a garden alive with birds and butterflies.
一个人可能希望得到宁静的绿洲，另一个人可能憧憬充满小鸟和蝴蝶的花园。

patrol [pə'trəul]

n. 巡逻，巡查
v. 巡逻，巡查

参考例句

1 . We'll have to chance(risk) meeting an enemy patrol .
我们不得不冒著可能遇上敌人巡逻兵的危险。

Chances are...(可能的是）

Chances are, your boss will have some questions and objections.

Stand a chance有可能

If she’s REALLY attractive and you think you stand a chance, then it might be worth taking a shot.

2 . The patrol was waylaid by bandits.
巡逻队遭到土匪伏击。

3 . They laid an ambush for the enemy patrol .
他们埋伏起来准备伏击巡逻的敌人。

trigger ['trigə]

n. 触发器，板机，起因
vt. 触发，发射
vi. 触发

词根 ：读：吹歌儿，吹出一首歌儿能导致小孩尿尿。

参考例句

1 . I pulled the trigger and the gun went off.
我一扣扳机，枪就响了。

2 . A pulse to gate the output of a core memory sense amplifier into a trigger in a register.
将磁心存储器读出放大器的输出选通到寄存器的触发器中的一种脉冲。

view [vju:]

n. 视野，风景，见解，方法，检查
vt. 把...视为，看，考虑

参考例句

1 . The valley was hidden from view in the mist.
溪谷隐没在雾霭之中，看不见了。

2 . His view of life is different from yours.
他的人生观与你的不同。

cathedral [kə'θi:drəl]

n. 大教堂

美国人举行婚礼会多在教堂举行，而且很奇葩的是，他们的结婚蛋糕会保存到一年，然后一年后会拿出来吃，我见过最奇葩的是有人留了一辈子，每年纪念日吃一小块。英国人则会留下，然后等自己第一个孩子出生之后，再拿出来。