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《绝望的主妇》S07E03学习笔记:Happiness

 【影片独白台词】

Happiness is something everyone searches for.
Some are sure they'll find it once they've moved back home,
Some think they'll find it by making a new friend.
Some hope to find it once they've defeated the competition.
Then there are those who stop searching for happiness because they look up one day to discover it was right there in front of them all the time.

 【重点词汇讲解】

1. defeat
vt. 击败,战胜;挫败;使…失败n. 失败;战胜
短语:thorough defeat彻底失败;defeat rivals战胜对手;in defeat失败;suffer defeat遭受失败 
词义辨析:conquer,overcome,overthrow,defeat,beat,subdue这些动词均含“征服,战胜”之意。
conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西,如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
overthrow指彻底击败对手,使其丧失力量和地位。
defeat普通用词,多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手,侧重胜利的暂时性。
beat口笔语均可用,可与defeat换用。
subdue正式用词,与conquer同义,但强调失败后的臣服状态;也可用作借喻,表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。
 
2. discover
vt. 发现;发觉;vi. 发现
词义辨析:discover,find,detect,ascertain这些动词均有“发现”之意。
discover普通用词,指发现本来存在,但示被认识的事物、真理或情况。
find普通用词,可指偶然发现,也可指经过寻找后得到或重新获得已失去的东西。强调动作的结果。
detect正式用词,强调经过周密观察或研究而有所获得和发现,尤指发现有意隐藏之物。 
ascertain较正式用词,指有意搜寻与发现。

 【经典句型】

Then there are those who stop searching for happiness because they look up one day to discover it was right there in front of them all the time.然后,还有一些人停止了搜寻幸福,因为他们某天抬头发现幸福就在眼前。
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