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词(基础篇)

词:count

英英释义:to be important or valuable

例句:How you learn it counts more than how much you learn.

2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)

“count”最常见的动词意思是“数数”,但也可作不及物动词,表示“什么什么重要”。很多时候当我们想用到形容词“important”时,就可以用更简洁的动词“count”。这个用法可能是《经济学人》的记者和编辑最喜欢使用的几十个小词之一,在口语中也是极其高频的表达。

我们常说“细节非常重要”,就可以说 Details count. “第一印象很重要”,可以说 First impressions count. 比如想要表达“财富观比拥有的财富本身更重要”时,我们可以说:

What counts the most is not how rich you are, but how you treat wealth.

这个 “What counts the most is not X, but Y.” 就是一个超高频句式,口语和写作中都可以用得到。在《极简欧洲史》(The Shortest History of Europe)中,作者提到“民主”的定义时就引用了下面这段话:When it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership of a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses.

3.从认识到会用(作业)

1)翻译下面的句子:

重要的不是发生了什么事,而是你如何应对这件事。

(我译)What counts the most is not what happens, but how you deal with it.

(参考翻译:How you respond to it counts/matters more than what happened.)

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。

场景 :工作提升

例子:What counts the most is not quantity, but quality, which is the standard whether you get improved or not in your work.

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