12.07【每日一词】springboard

springboard n.

释义:something that helps you to become successful.

“springboard”的本意是跳水或体操运动中的“跳板”,它也常被用来表示有助于开展事业的基础、出发点。当我们想表示“A 促成了 B 的成功”,就可以说“A is a springboard for/to B”。注意 springboard 是个可数名词,我们在使用的时候要注意主谓一致。

例① 英语好可以促成职业上的成功。

A fluent command of English is a springboard to professional success.

例② 我们常说“失败是成功之母”(Failure is the mother of success),说的也就是失败是成功的跳板,我们可以用 springboard 把这句谚语改写成:

Our failures can act as springboards for future success.

例③ 许多学生选择考研是因为他们认为硕士学位是一个跳板,可以帮助他们取得更大的成功:

For many students, a master’s degree is a springboard for bigger success.

这句话也和我们之前学过的 ground(表示“理由”)结合起来写成:Many students take the Postgraduate Admission Test on the grounds that a master’s degree provides a springboard for greater success.


我们在学习语言时,要注意一些常见表达的比喻意义,让我们自己的表达更丰富、好玩。比如我们之前学习的 passport 和今天的 springboard,都是可以用在写作和口语中的实用表达。


1. 翻译:许多人认为海外留学是移民的跳板。

Studying abroad is considered as a springboard for emigration.

(参考翻译:Studying abroad is regarded as a springboard for immigration. 或 A degree from a foreign institution is widely considered a springboard for immigration.)


2. 造句练习

场景: 很多人认为考上公务员才能有好的未来。

造句: Becoming a member of civil servants is regarded as the springboards for a brighter future.

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