VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

minority (adj):a smaller number or part
少数
E.g.: It’s only a tiny minority of people who are causing the problem.
惹麻烦的只是极少数人。
E.g.: Children with single parents at my school were very much in the minority (= there were very few).
在我的学校里单亲孩子只占极少数。

majority (adj):the larger number or part of something
大多数，大部分
E.g.: The majority of the employees have university degrees.
大部分雇员都有大学文凭。
E.g.: A large majority of people approve of the death sentence.
大多数人赞成死刑。
E.g.: In Britain women are in the/a majority.
在英国，女性占多数。

desperate (adj): needing or wanting something very much
非常需要的；非常想要的
E.g.: They are desperate for help.
他们非常需要帮助。
humorous 🙂 E.g.: I’m desperate for a drink!
我特别想喝一杯！
humorous 🙂 E.g.: He was desperate to tell someone his good news.
他很想把自己的好消息告诉别人。

I’m desperate to to see my parents again-maybe a bit too strong

I can’t wait to see my mom and dad again

Mother’s boy－母亲的儿子

possessive (adj):If you are possessive about something that you own, you do not like lending it to other people or sharing it with other people.不愿与人分享的
E.g.: He’s pretty possessive about his iPod – I wouldn’t dare ask to borrow it.
他不大愿意把iPod借给别人——我都不敢开口。
​2- Someone who is possessive in his or her feelings and behaviour towards or about another person wants to have all of that person’s love and attention and will not share it with anyone else.
独占欲强的，占有欲强的
E.g.: a possessive mother
独占欲很强的母亲
E.g.: Her boyfriend was getting too possessive so she finished with him.
她的男友占有欲越来越强，所以她和他分手了。

either it’s gonna be super easy or it’s going to be super tough
不是很容易就是很难