2019-07-26 wooly

1. 认识这个词（基础篇）

词：wooly

英英释义：confused and not clear

例句：The startup is wooly about how it will achieve its goals.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

“wooly”（英式拼写为 woolly）是形容词，我们熟悉的意思是“像羊毛的”，其实它也常用来表示“（想法等）不清楚的、模糊的、混乱的”，常常用来可以替换 confused/vague/not clear 等词，是个形象好玩准确的单词。我们通过几个例子掌握它的用法。

口语中当我们想评论一个想法、论点不清楚时，就可以用 wooly，比如：

His ideas/arguments are a bit wooly.

某创业公司设定了一些目标，但是他们对如何达到目标还不清楚：

The startup is wooly about how it will achieve its goals.

有些书写的很差，思路混乱不知所云，但是由于营销做得好，这些书也成了畅销书：

Despite the wooly thinking behind it, the book soon hit the bestseller list.

《经济学人》中也经常用到 wooly，比如：

1）This means law-making can be tediously slow and often ends in a woolly compromise.

2）Activists say that the woolly definition of extremist material and the severe sentences encourage abuse.

3）Democrats are vulnerable to accusations by Mr Trump that they are soft on defence and woolly on protecting American interests.

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子： 我真受不了那些头脑混乱的政客！

（参考翻译：I can't stomach these wooly-minded politicians!）

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。

例子：Despite drinking dart coffee and washing face with cold water, he still cannot clear his wooly and sleepy head. 

场景：尽管咖啡、凉水冲脸各种招式都用了，还是没有办法让头脑清醒。

Z: Finding out who is to blame is fairly difficult because of its wooly description in rule book.