留美老师带你每日说英文 第1120期:讨好者是一种什么样的人

 Putting it bluntly we could say that the people pleaser is a liar¹. It sounds brutal², but the people pleaser is lying for poignant³ reasons.
说白了，我们可以称那些讨好者是骗子。这种说法听起来很苛刻，但讨好者说谎其实是有苦衷的。

学习重点：

1.blunt 直率的；直截了当的；钝的
blunt (adj.) 直率的；直截了当的；钝的
bluntly (adv.) 直言不讳地

2.brutal 残忍的
brutal (adj.) 残忍的
brutally⁴ (adv.) 残酷地

 

3.poignant 令人痛苦的，酸楚的
poignant (adj.) 令人痛苦的，酸楚的
poignantly⁵ (adv.) 令人辛酸地

1 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

2 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 poignant   

adj.令人痛苦的，辛酸的，惨痛的

参考例句：

• His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
• It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这尤其令人悲恸。

4 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

5 poignantly   

参考例句：

• His story is told poignantly in the film, A Beautiful Mind, now showing here. 以他的故事拍成的电影《美丽境界》，正在本地上映。