Name: 08 英語詞彙使用高級單元 29-32 (08 English Vocabulary in Use Advanced Unit 29-32)
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Here are some less common, but nonetheless useful, words about weather, so that you can have typical weather conversations where you agree with someone by using a near synonym.

下面是一些不太常見但卻非常有用的天氣詞彙，這樣您就可以在典型的天氣對話中，通過使用近義詞來與他人達成一致。

In these examples, B replies using more informal language.

在這些例子中，B 使用了更非正式的語言進行回答。

Climate metaphors are often used, particularly in written English.

氣候隱喻經常被使用，尤其是在書面英語中。

The word climate can refer to the general atmosphere or situation in society.

氣候一詞可以指社會的總體氛圍或狀況。

His secrecy and dishonesty created a climate of distrust.

他的保密和不誠實造成了一種不信任的氛圍。

The government reforms have contributed to a climate of change.

政府改革促進了變革氛圍的形成。

The words cultural, current, economic, financial, moral, political, social and prevailing all collocate strongly with climate in this social sense.

文化、當前、經濟、金融、道德、政治、社會和流行等詞都與這種社會意義上的氣候密切相關。

Though they won the championship last year, the outlook for the team is less sunny this year.

雖然他們去年奪得了冠軍，但今年的前景並不樂觀。

Unfortunately, our plans met with a frosty reception.

不幸的是，我們的計劃遭到了冷遇。

After the company accounts were examined, the manager left under a cloud.

在對公司賬目進行審查後，經理黯然離去。

Don't let your love for him cloud your judgement.

不要讓你對他的愛影響你的判斷。

The soldiers were hit with a hail of bullets.

The Prime Minister was greeted with a hail of abuse.

The Prime Minister was greeted with a storm of abuse.

I've only a hazy memory of my first day at school.

我對第一天上學的情景只有模糊的記憶。

The truth is hidden in the mists of history.

The article sparked a whirlwind of speculation.

這篇文章引發了旋風般的猜測。

They had a whirlwind romance and got married just a month after they met.

他們有過一段旋風式的戀情，相識僅一個月後就結婚了。

演講結束後，全場響起了雷鳴般的掌聲。

The winds of change are blowing across the country.

The winds of discontent are blowing across the country.

The winds of democracy are blowing across the country.

To build something or someone up can be used metaphorically to mean to praise someone or something in a way that will increase expectations of them.

誇獎某人或某事可以用來比喻讚美某人或某事，以增加人們對他們的期望。

For example, the press has built up the young footballer so much that it must be extra pressure on him.

例如，媒體對年輕球員的宣傳力度如此之大，肯定會給他帶來額外的壓力。

Note how cement is used to fix bricks firmly in place and to make relationships more solid.

請注意水泥是如何用於將磚塊牢固地固定在原處並使關係更加穩固的。

It can be used in this way both as a noun and a verb.

它既可用作名詞，也可用作動詞。

For example, let's have a drink together to cement our partnership.

例如，讓我們一起喝一杯，鞏固我們的合作關係。

To come up against a brick wall is used metaphorically meaning to meet a barrier.

For example, when I tried to find out who had opened my letters

例如，當我試圖找出誰拆過我的信時

Ceiling can be used to suggest a limit to something.

天花板可以用來表示對事物的限制。

For example, they put a ceiling on the number of planned redundancies.

例如，他們對計劃裁員的數量設置了上限。

The glass ceiling is a phrase used to refer to an invisible barrier that stops people, especially women, from rising to top positions at work.

玻璃天花板是一個短語，指的是阻礙人們（尤其是女性）晉升到工作高層職位的無形障礙。

Roof is used in a number of common metaphors.

For example, the roof fell in on my world on the day he died.

比如，在我的世界裡，他去世那天，屋頂塌了。

Conversely, the floor can give way metaphorically when you faint.

反之，當你暈倒時，地板也會隱喻性地讓路。

The informal phrase, go through the roof, is used about prices meaning to increase in a rapid, uncontrolled fashion.

go through the roof "這個非正式短語用於指價格快速、無節制地上漲。

For example, my mother will hit the roof when she sees what we've done.

例如，我母親看到我們所做的一切時，就會大吃一驚。

Window, both literally and metaphorically, means an opening.

窗戶，無論是字面意思還是隱喻意思，都意味著一個開口。

A window of opportunity is a chance to do something special.

機會之窗就是做一些特別事情的機會。

For example, if you see a window of opportunity, then take advantage of it.

例如，如果你看到了機會之窗，那就抓住它。

If a quality or idea goes out of the window, it means it departs.

如果一種品質或理念離開了窗口，就意味著它離開了。

For example, once the boys started going around together common sense went out of the window.

例如，一旦男孩們開始一起活動，常識就不復存在了。

As a very tall building, tower conveys an idea of distance from ordinary people.

作為一棟非常高的建築，塔傳達了一種與普通人保持距離的理念。

If someone lives in an ivory tower, he or she does not know about the unpleasant and ordinary things that happen in life.

如果一個人生活在象牙塔裡，他或她就不會了解生活中發生的不愉快和平凡的事情。

For example, academics are often criticised for living in their ivory towers.

例如，學術界經常被責備生活在象牙塔中。

If a person is a tower of strength, they are extremely strong in an emotional rather than a physical sense.

如果一個人是一座力量之塔，那麼他在情感上而不是身體上都非常強大。

For example, our friends were a tower of strength when our house burnt down.

例如，當我們的房子被燒燬時，我們的朋友就是我們的精神支柱。

If a person or thing towers above something or someone they are either outstandingly tall or outstanding in some other positive way.

如果一個人或一件事凌駕於某件事或某個人之上，那麼他們要麼是出類拔萃的高個子，要麼是在其他積極方面出類拔萃的。

For example, Lauren towers above all her classmates although she is actually one of the youngest students.

例如，勞倫雖然是年齡最小的學生之一，但她的地位卻高於所有同學。

Gateway is used metaphorically in the phrase be a gateway to meaning give an opportunity to get somewhere.

在短語 be a gateway to 中，"門戶 "被比喻為 "通往"，意思是提供一個到達某個地方的機會。

For example, a degree in law is a gateway to a well-paid job.

例如，法律學位是獲得高薪工作的敲門磚。

Door can also be used in a similar way to gateway above but it is also used in many other metaphorical phrases as well.

門（Door）的用法與上述門戶（gateway）相似，但也用於許多其他比喻句中。

For example, failing his final exams closed or shut a lot of doors for him.

例如，期末考試的失敗讓他關上了很多門。

Knowing several languages opens doors when it comes to finding work.

在找工作時，掌握多種語言會為您打開一扇門。

The new year gives us the opportunity to close the door on the past and make a fresh start.

新的一年讓我們有機會告別過去，重新開始。

Doing something through or by the back door suggests doing it unofficially.

通過或走後門做某事意味著是非正式的。

For example, Jack came into the business by the back door.

例如，傑克是走後門進入公司的。

Doing something behind closed doors suggests secrecy.

Unfortunately, the decision was taken behind closed doors and no one knows exactly why it was made.

遺憾的是，這一決定是閉門作出的，沒有人知道作出這一決定的確切原因。

Key can be used as a noun to suggest the importance of something.

Key 可用作名詞，表示事物的重要性。

For example, this research may provide or hold the key to developing a cure for cancer.

例如，這項研究可能提供或掌握治療癌症的關鍵。

Knowing the right people is the key to success in that country.

認識合適的人是在該國取得成功的關鍵。

Here are some metaphors based on parts of trees and plants.

下面是一些以樹木和植物的各個部分為基礎的比喻。

Seed or seeds is often used to talk about the start of an idea or feeling.

種子 "或 "種子 "通常用來指一個想法或感覺的開始。

For example, the seeds of success, the seeds of discontent, the seeds of revolution.

例如，成功的種子、不滿的種子、革命的種子。

Root or roots is used to suggest the origins of something.

根（root）或根（roots）用來表示事物的起源。

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08 英語詞彙使用高級單元 29-32 (08 English Vocabulary in Use Advanced Unit 29-32)

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