On Writing Well C22

1.words and expressions

dredge up

the writer continuing to dredge up fragments of his life

忆起;想起；If someone dredges up a piece of information they learned a long time ago, or if they dredge up a distant memory, they manage to remember it. [V P n (not pron)] [Also V n P]

//...an American trying to dredge up some French or German learned in high school...

试图回想起一些中学时学的法语或德语的美国人

The fragments of memory she dredges up do not fit together.

她想起的那些支离破碎的片段连不上。

2[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词] 翻出,重提(令人不快的往事)；If someone dredges up a damaging or upsetting fact about your past, they remind you of it or tell other people about it. [V P n (not pron)] [V n P]

I wouldn't want to dredge up the past...

我不想重提往事。

It's the media who keep dredging it up.

是媒体一直在翻旧账。

debunk

We can write to affirm and to celebrate, or we can write to debunk and to destroy; the choice is ours.

verb

[VN]

  to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false; to show that sth is not as good as people think it is

  批判；驳斥；揭穿…的真相:

  His theories have been debunked by recent research.

  最近的研究揭穿了他的理论的真相。

squeamish

Americans get squeamish at any mention of religion.

adjective

1. easily upset, or made to feel sick by unpleasant sights or situations, especially when the sight of blood is involved

  易心烦意乱的；易恶心的；神经脆弱的

2. not wanting to do sth that might be considered dishonest or immoral

  诚实谨慎的；正派的

3. the squeamish noun [pl.] people who are squeamish

  易心烦意乱的人；神经脆弱的人:

  This movie is not for the squeamish.

  这部电影不是给神经脆弱的人看的。

2.thoughts

不为写作而写作，最重要的还是享受其中的过程。