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2014年3月20日 星期四
Top 3 Worst Animal Parents # 《動物腥球:噬犢情深》為您解開世界三大沒良心父母的神秘檔案(中英字幕)
cub /kʌb/
1. (可數名詞) A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear. (獅子、狼、熊等的) 幼獸 例:three five-week-old lion cubs 3隻5周大的幼獅
play favorites
to indulge one's preference for one of a group, especially when nonpreferential treatment should be displayed. 特別偏愛團體中的某一人,尤其在應保持公正的情況 例:Do not play favorites with your children. 不要對你的某一位孩子特别偏心
beg the question
1. to carry on a false argument where one assumes as proved the very point that is being argued, or more loosely, to evade the issue at hand. 以(未經證明的)假定作為依據進行狡辯,或迴避問題的實質;詭辯 例:Stop arguing in circles. You're begging the question. 停止這無限迴圈的爭論,你這只是詭辯。 2. to invite the (following) question. (This reinterpretation of beg the question is incorrect but is currently in widespread use.) 引出後面的問題(原為誤用但已廣泛流傳開來) 例:His complaints beg the question: Didn't he cause all of his problems himself? 他的眾多抱怨也使一個問題浮現:難道這些麻煩不是他自作孽嗎?
cannibalistic [,kænəbl'ɪstɪk]
1. A person who eats the flesh of other humans. 2. An animal that feeds on others of its own kind. adj. 同類相食的,自相殘殺的;食人肉的