appetite |?æp?ta?t| n、食欲
一、感受單詞本質(zhì)
1、英文釋義
①N-VAR Your appetite is your desire to eat、胃口
例句:He has a healthy appetite、他有健康的胃口。
②N-COUNT Someone's appetite for something is their strong desire for it、欲望
例句:his appetite for success、他的成功欲望。
2、常見搭配
①appetite for對(duì)…的欲望
②good appetite很好的胃口,loss of appetite食欲不振
3、近義詞:stomach胃greedy貪婪的
4、形近詞:apparatus工具appeal呼吁,申訴appear出現(xiàn)
5、單詞感覺:“想要(吃)的東西”
二.記住單詞含義
ap-pet-ite(ap-表強(qiáng)化,-pet-追求,力爭(zhēng),-ite后綴)→追求的東西,引申為欲望,此處為食欲
聯(lián)想記憶:pet寵物,-ite看成ate,eat的過去式,寵物能吃,胃口好→食欲
三、學(xué)習(xí)單詞應(yīng)用
真題例句:Religious associations began,for example,in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences;family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity;systematic labor,for the most part,because of enslavement to others,etc、(2009-翻譯)
參考譯文:比如,宗教社團(tuán)的產(chǎn)生是為了確保統(tǒng)治權(quán)利的利益、阻擋邪惡勢(shì)力,家庭生活的開始是源于滿足食欲、確保家庭永續(xù),而系統(tǒng)的勞動(dòng),在很大程度上是始于對(duì)他人的奴役等。