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Gorge Throat 12506.Self Control 英 Selfkən'trəul]美 释义 N 克己,自我控制

正面 12506.self-control
英 ['selfkən'trəul]美

背面
释义:
n. 克己,自我控制
例句:
1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。

1. voracity => vor- "swallow, devour" => gorge (reduplicated form).2. 谐音“嗝急”------吃得太多,不断地打嗝。3. gourmand, gourmet, gourmandise => gormandize => gorge.4. 谐音“糕饥”-----因为太饥饿了,所以狼吞虎咽地吃糕点来充饥。5. 谐音“果饥”----果饥,其实就是果腹嘛,狼吞虎咽地吃些东西来果腹。6. 三峡大坝: Three Gorges Dam.7. 长江三峡 Three Gorges, The Yangtze Three Gorges.8. gorge => garg-, gurg-, gorg- "throat, , waterspout from throat" (originated as an imitation of throat sounds, imitative of throat sounds.) => gorge.9. 谐音“搞基”-----有两个基佬在峡谷下面搞基,为什么要在峡谷下面搞呢,因为怕被人发现。

self-control (n.)1711, from self- + control (n.). Coined by English moral philosopher Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury (1671-1713)."

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