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1. 认识这个词（基础篇）

词：budding

英英释义：beginning to develop or become successful

例句：The budding director’s debut has taken the country by storm.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

“budding”是形容词，意思是“崭露头角的”“刚刚起步的”，当我们想表示“新秀”“新产品”时就可以用到它。budding 名词 bud 表示“花苞“，因此 budding 有“萌芽”之意，是个很形象的表达， 在口语和外刊中都可以用到。我们通过几个例子掌握它的用法。

两个明星刚开始恋爱，公布后经常都会成为热点话题：

The budding romance between the two stars shortly became the talk of the town.

某位导演新秀的处女座一炮而红，全国轰动，就可以说：

The budding director’s debut has taken the country by storm.

剑桥词典上有个例句“还在学校时她就已崭露头角，凸显出她的天分”，英文是这样说的：

While still at school she was clearly a budding genius.

《经济学人》中也经常用到 budding：

1）The overall effect of the new regulations will be to slow the budding private economy.

2）We are looking for a would-be journalist to spend three months of the summer working on the newspaper in London, writing about science and technology. Our aim is more to discover writing talent in a science student or scientist than scientific aptitude in a budding journalist.（这是《经济学人》的一则实习生招聘广告）

3）Since the local government turned a budding local enterprise into China’s biggest wholesale flower market in 1999, Dounan has become the main supplier of blooms to courting couples and contrite husbands across the country: demand fuelled by a middle-class boom.

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子： 这位初露头角的女演员获得了一项奥斯卡提名。

The budding actress was nominated for an Oscar.

（参考翻译：The budding actress was nominated for an Oscar.）

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

我们刚开始的友谊因为借钱的问题而弄僵了。

Our budding relationship soured over borrowed money.