2019-05-30

1. 认识这个词（基础篇）

词：fuel

英英释义：something that fuels a feeling or a type of behavior increases or strengthens it

例句：People’s fear of missing out is fueled by social media.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

“fuel”作为动词表示“燃料”，也常用作动词表示“为…提供燃料”“使加剧”，有种火上浇油的画面感，是一个简单、形象、实用的好词。我们通过一些例子掌握它的用法。 比如政府对于某公共事件的回应避重就轻、含糊其辞，网友们对此非常不满：

The government’s equivocal response has fueled anger among netizens.

这几年流行一个词 FOMO，即 Fear of Missing Out，中文叫“错失恐惧症”。社交媒体的出现更是加剧了这种恐惧，比如我们经常刷朋友圈，总怕自己错过了什么。这时就可以说：

People’s fear of missing out is fueled by social media.

fuel 后面常接表示有负向含义的名词，不过也可以接正向含义的词。比如《纽约客》在一篇文章中就写到：

Page, Google’s co-founder and chief executive, often complained that the company had become bloated, and had lost the hacker mentality that had fuelled its initial success.

最后我们再看几个《经济学人》中的例句：

Intensified meetings in recent weeks had fuelled the impression that an agreement was in the offing.

That has fuelled speculation that China might use its currency as a weapon in the trade war.

It has also fuelled competition among banks, slashing margins and pushing many towards the exit.

Some locals may profit, but gold smuggling fuels violence in the country's large, unstable, neighbour.

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子：

强国之间的竞争刺激了科技创新。

（参考翻译：The superpower rivalry has fueled technological innovation.)

作业:

1.强国之间的竞争刺激了科技创新。

The superpower rivalry has fueled technological innovation.

2.毕业的压力加剧了她对科研的热情。

The pressure of graduatin has fueled her passion for research.