We may be small in numbers, but we stand for something bigger than anything the world can pit against us.
语音讲解
今日发音练习重点:
重音位置(逻辑重音),根据意思判断应该落在:may/anything
或许我们人数不多,但我们代表...任何...
言之有物
1. 词链儿:small in numbers 数量上来说是小的——人数不多
large in numbers 人数众多
We're stronger in numbers. 结群让我们更强大。
2. 词链儿:stand for 代表
表示/代表 What does ATM stand for?
支持/主张 He hasn't a leg to stand for this theory of his.
他的这种理论是站不住脚的。
忍受/容忍 I won't stand for this kind of behavior!
3. 词链儿:pit against XX 与XX相斗
pit noun. 洞/坑/井
We dug a deep pit in the yard.
我们在院子中挖了个深洞。
拓展:the pits 品质低劣的物品
The hotel we stayed in was the pits!
我們住的飯店實在太糟糕了!
pit verb. 使挖坑、打洞
pit against XX 使竞争、使较量
The climbers pitted themselves against the mountain.
攀登者与大山一教高下。
It is a chance to pit your wits against the world champions (= in a test of your intelligence)
这是一次与世界冠军斗智的机会。
活学活用
请用 pit against XX 随意造句
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