跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第141期
It was that night, I discovered that most things you consider evil or wicked are simply lonely and lacking in social niceties.
語音講解:
單詞發音
evil /ˈiːvəl/
wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/
niceties /ˈnaɪsətis/
連詞發音
consider evil or wicked /kənˈsɪdərˈiːvələˈwɪkɪd/
and lacking in /ənˈlækɪŋɪn/
輕讀重讀
重讀:That/most/evil or wicked/niceties
弱讀:that/are/and
詞彙講解
1. be lacking in sth.=lack sth. phrase.
中文釋義:缺乏…,缺少…,需要…;
英文釋義: not to have something that you need, or not to have enough of it
例句:We are lacking in ideas.
2. nicety noun.細節; 細微; 微妙; 細微之處;
活學活用
be lacking in phrase. 缺乏
英文:She seemed to be lacking in frankness.
中文:她似乎不夠坦率。
語法講解
that爲連接詞,引導賓語從句。在從句中,most作主語,you consider evil or wicked是定語從句,省略了引導詞that/which。
此處注意,most在此處並不是many的最高級形式,而是形容詞“大多數”的意思。最高級前most加the.