03.15 什麼叫“Profile yourself”?

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1. You are dressed, composed.

你穿戴整齊,神情淡定

you are dressed = you dress well.但要注意,get dressed 和 dress up是兩個不同的意思,

get dressed 穿衣服,指put on clothes這個動作

dress up 精心打扮,指要花心思搭配服飾,盛裝出行

composed means calm and self-control, 鎮靜的,沉著的,從容自若的,

動詞原形是compose, 指“使鎮靜”,常用短語 compose oneself 自我鎮靜

Compose yourself before the doctor gets here.

醫生到來之前要鎮靜。

2. Profile youself.

分析一下你自己。

平時我們學profile這單詞接觸比較多的是它的名詞形式,指“簡介,輪廓”。在The Blacklist裡面,就活用了它的動詞形式,to profile someone means to give an account of that person's life and character. 描繪 ... 輪廓;評論人物。在之後的劇情包括其他美劇英劇,也會看見很多名詞以不常見的動詞形式出現。

She has tried to profile a man typical of New York.

她試圖扼要描寫一個典型的紐約人。

3. I can be withdrawn, disconnected.

我會內向和孤僻。

withdrawn是withdraw的過去分詞,原意是'取回",這裡指“沉默寡言的;孤僻的;內向的”

He's been very quiet and withdrawn, sort of different, somehow.

不知什麼緣故,他最近十分沉默,有點異樣。

disconnected除了表示“分離的,失聯的”,還可以形容人的性格孤僻,不愛和外界接觸,好像失聯一樣。

She suddenly became disconnected after the accident.

那次事故後,她突然變得沉默孤僻起來。

4. have a (deep) yearning to

對...(非常)著迷

A yearning for something is a very strong desire for it. 渴望;強烈願望;嚮往

A yearning to do 渴望做某事

A yearning for sth 對...的嚮往

He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.

他一直渴望當老師。

She had a yearning for a quiet life.

她有對寧靜生活的嚮往。

5. be board certified in

在某領域有專業認證

board本身有很多詞義,這裡指(用於機構名稱中)局,所,中心,委員會。Board is used in the names of various organizations which are involved in dealing with a particular kind of activity. 如

The Scottish Tourist Board 蘇格蘭旅遊局

短語be board certified in 在某領域有專業認證

I‘m board certified in pharmacology. 我有藥劑師資格證。

也可以形容詞board certified 有執業資格的

He now is a board certified counselor. 他現在是執業諮詢師。

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