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A Word A Day——pusillanimous

A Word A Day——pusillanimous

𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔’𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑜𝑜𝓃’𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 ☻

⛵•翻译作业

湿地与森林、海洋并称地球三大生态系统,对人类的生存发展至关重要。党的十八大以来,在习近平生态文明思想指引下,中国秉持“绿水青山就是金山银山”理念,推进湿地保护修复,取得历史性成就。目前中国湿地面积位居亚洲第一、世界第四,国际湿地城市总数居世界首位
Wetland, forest and ocean are the three major ecosystems on Earth and are vital for human beings to survive and thrive. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, China has been advocating that clear waters and green mountains are as valuable as gold and silver, and has achieved historical results in wetlands conservation and restorationChina’s wetlands are the largest in Asia and the fourth biggest in the world, and China has the largest number of cities accredited as international wetland cities.

⛵•今日单词

pusillanimous, / ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs (っ◔◡◔)っ ♡GRESAT
 adj 
If you say that someone is pusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid. 懦弱的; 胆怯的
  ◆The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
当局过于懦弱,仅仅谴责了这场暴力行为。

•外刊例句

Hence his venomous anger at postwar England’s “sycophantic, phlegmatic and pusillanimous” upper middle classes, among whom the right accent was far more valuable than a high IQ.
因此,他对战后英国上层中产阶级的 “谄媚、冷漠和怯懦” 怀有恶毒的愤怒,在这些人中,正确的口音远比高智商更有价值。——《华盛顿邮报》
The American press not only had a field day reporting the details but not infrequently lectured their pusillanimous British colleagues about American ideas of press freedom.
美国新闻界不仅有一整天的时间报道细节,还经常就美国新闻自由的理念向他们那些胆小的英国同行进行训诫。——《福布斯》
Meanwhile Mr Maliki, no longer considered weak and pusillanimous, has continued to strengthen his own position.
与此同时,马利基先生不再被认为软弱和胆小,而是继续巩固自己的地位。——《经济学人》

•影视台词

The Wizard of Oz》(绿野仙踪)(1939)
— “And Scarecrow’s brain? – And Scarecrow’s brain?”
— “Why, anybody can have a brain. That’s a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the earth…or slinks through slimy seas has a brain.
— “Back where I come from, we have universities…seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers.”
— “They think deep thoughts, and with no more brains than you have.
— “But they have one thing you haven’t got. A diploma.

•今日练习

C-E Translation Practice

   选举是日本的国内事务,但本次选举反映一些深层次、结构性的问题以及思潮、动向、趋势,值得日本各界有识之士和国际社会深思。殷鉴不远,不可不察。我们敦促日本执政当局正视而不是漠视国际社会的关切,走和平发展道路而不是重蹈军国主义覆辙,恪守中日四个政治文件而不是背信弃义。日本极右翼势力若误判形势恣意妄为,必将遭到日本人民的抵制和国际社会迎头痛击。
——来源:@外交部发言人办公室

•往期盲选

单词√

crease / servitudeprodigal

外刊例句√

But those more hopeful tunes don’t really save this offering from its lugubrious tone.

翻译√

启动6年来,澜湄六国本着互利共赢、共谋发展的合作初心,不断深化各领域务实合作,打造了区域合作“金字招牌”,为地区发展持续注入“源头活水”

唠唠叨叨💭

能择善而从之,美自归己

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