跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第183期

In a catastrophic emergency, you take gaint panic breaths. Suddenly you become euphoric, docile. You accept your fate.

語音講解
單詞發音
catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk◂ $ -ˈstrɑː-/
gaint /ˈdʒaɪənt/
euphoric /juːˈfɒrɪk $ jʊˈfɔːrɪk, -ˈfɑː-/
docile /ˈdəʊsaɪl $ ˈdɑːsəl/
連詞發音
in a catastrophic emergency /ɪnəˌkætəˈstrɒfɪkɪˈmɜːdʒənsi/
you accept your fate /jəwəkˈseptʃəfeɪt/
輕讀重讀
重讀：breaths/ fate
弱讀：you/your

詞彙講解
strophic adj.
catastrophe的形容詞形式
釋義：causing a lot of destruction, suffering, or death/ extremely bad
例句：The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences.
oric adj.
"characterized by euphoria," 1885, originally with reference to cocaine, from euphoria + -ic. The noun meaning "a drug which causes euphoria" also is from 1885. Euphoriant is from 1946 as a noun, 1947 as an adjective.
釋義：feeling very happy and excited 欣快的;精神愉快的
例句：Buyers are euphoric and developers are taking advantage of that.
買房人情緒亢奮，而開發商在利用這一點。
le adj.
late 15c., "easily taught," from Italian or French docile, from Latin docilis "easily taught," from docere "to show, teach, cause to know," originally "make to appear right," causative of decere "be seemly, fitting," from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept." Sense of "obedient, submissive" first recorded 1774.
釋義：quiet and easily controlled 溫順的; 馴服的
例句：Cats are very docile.
貓是很馴服的。
Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
馬戲團的猴子訓練得服服貼貼的。

活學活用
euphoric
英文：It had received euphoric support from the public.
中文：它受到公衆的熱烈支持。

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