学个词Learn a Word 第1245期 would-be

　　今天我们要学的词是would-be。 Would-be, 意思是希望成为的，即将成为的。 "The store manager wrestled¹ the would-be robber to the ground," 商店经理跟劫匪搏斗，把劫匪摔倒在地。 "Would-be buyers disagreed about whether the housing market has reached its rock bottom," 想买房子的人在房屋市场是否已经触底的问题上存在分歧。美国喜剧演员杰瑞.宋飞把自己30年的作品全都放到网上。 "Seinfeld says that he is offering the site to young would-be comedians," 宋飞说，这个网站是开给那些希望成为喜剧演员的年轻人的。好的，今天我们学习的词是would-be...

1 wrestled   

v.（与某人）搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 )；扭成一团；扭打；（与…）摔跤

参考例句：

• As a boy he had boxed and wrestled. 他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。
• Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》