英语单词词汇讲解：beauty -j9九游会网站

beauty
basic needs
形 名词复数: -ties
义 everyday expressions
◆ n. 美丽的人或事物
she was a famous beauty in her youth.
◆ n. 美，抽象的美
we shall never forget the beauty of the old beijing.
◆ n. 优点，极具魅力的特色
the beauty of this machine is its simplicity.
衍生词语
◆ beautify 美化
◆ beautiful 美丽的
复合词语
◆ beauty contest 选美比赛
◆ beauty salon 美容院
linguistic skill
常见搭配 useful phrases
◆ 美容师 --- beauty aid
◆ 选美皇后 --- beauty queen
◆ 美容指南 --- beauty guide
◆ 风景点 --- beauty spot
习语与俗语 idioms & slang
◆ beauty sleep --- 美容觉(午夜前的睡眠)
◆ the beauty of sth --- 有优势的方面
◆ beauty and the beast --- 美女与野兽
communicating clearly
生活用语 street talks
◆ a: mom it hurts.
b: this black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty, huh?!
a: please! mom!
◆ saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a small car.
◆ the beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours.
◆ a: why don’t you come with us?
b: i need my beauty sleep, you know.
cultural focus
电影对白 transcripts
句 型
◆ and now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from hollywood, california, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious bobby dylan. 《阿甘正传》
对 话
◆ jesse jackson: it’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.
crowd leader: what do you want?
crowd response: black power! 《阿甘正传》
谚语 proverbs
◆ beauty is but skin-deep.
红颜易变。
◆ beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.
貌美而无德，犹如花之无香。
◆ beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
情人眼里出西施。
名言 quotations
◆ “beauty is truth, truth beauty,”-that is all ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.
john keats (1795-1821), english poet. ode on a grecian urn.
◆ it is better to be beautiful than to be good. but … it is better to be good than to be ugly.
oscar wilde (1854-1900), anglo-irish author. lord henry, in the picture of dorian gray, ch. 17 (1891).