D 17 Synergy

Words

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1. You could phone her.

在这句话中，phone作为动词，类似的用法还有holiday，如：

He holidays in Yunnan now.

这样会比 takes a holiday 更佳简洁

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2. eyesore

碍眼的东西（如建筑物等） You describe a building or place as an eyesore when it is extremely ugly and you dislike it or disapprove of it.

可以做眼中钉解释

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3. palpable

可感知的；易察觉的；明显的 You describe something as palpable when it is obvious or intense and easily noticed.

e.g. The tension between Amy and Jim is palpable...

埃米和吉姆之间明显关系紧张。

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个人感悟

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Buddhism calls this "the middle way." Middle in this sense does not mean compromise; it means higher,like the apex of the triangle.

我觉得在这儿作者把 the middle way 解释的很形象，这并不代表着妥协，而像是三角形的顶点。这里讲的是佛教的middle way，我倒想起论语里孔子说的中庸之道：中庸之为之德也，其至矣乎。