Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.
对挑衅显然非常敏感的公牛完全撇开斗牛士,直奔醉汉而来。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 70 Red for danger
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 敏感的;感觉的;[仪]灵敏的;易受影响的;
n. 敏感的人;有灵异能力的人;
💡 sens感觉+itive形容词后缀 →敏感的
"It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings."
很难不伤害她脆弱的情感.
近义:impressible, impressionable, insightful, perceptive, percipient, softhearted
反义:imperviable, impervious, insensible, insensitive, obdurate, pitiless
n. 批评,批判;鉴定,审定,考证,校勘;苛求,[哲]批判主义;评论,评论文章;
💡 critic批评,辨明,分开+ism表名词 → 批评
"The plan has attracted criticism from consumer groups."
这项计划引起了各消费者组织的指责。
近义:brickbat, animadversion, review, reviewal, critique, stricture
反义:applause, kudos, laud, ovation, praising, salvo
adv. 据…所知;看来;显然 ;
"Apparently they are getting divorced soon."
看样子,他们很快就要离婚。
近义:ostensibly, presumedly, seemingly, evidently
反义:honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
n. 公牛;股市看涨的人;力大如牛的人;大型雄性动物;
vt. [证券]从事投机使(证券等)价格上涨;推,强迫;强力实现;对…施加压力,强使…通过;
vi. [证券](证券、股票等)价格上涨;哄抬证券价格;走运,提高身价;猛推,猛挤,猛力向前;
adj. 公的,雄的;力大如牛的;价格上涨的;
💡 前面唱歌(g)的是 海鸥gull 海鸥喝(h)水用 硬壳hull 拉(l)住海鸥快 安静lull 飞到山(m)后去 思考mull 海鸥不(b)同意变 公牛bul
"He was gored by a bull."
他被公牛顶伤。
近义:bullseye, dartboard, bulla, hogwash, hooey, horseshit
n. 斗牛士
近义:toreador, torero, bullfighter