VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

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Vocabulary

betrayal (n): an act of betraying someone or something, or the fact of someone or something being betrayed
（被）背叛的行为；（被）出卖的行为
E.g.: This was the first in a series of betrayals.
这是一系列背叛事件中的第一件。
E.g.: I felt a sense of betrayal when my friends refused to support me.
当朋友们拒绝支持我的时候，我有一种被出卖的感觉。

betray (v): to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies
背叛，出卖；对…不忠诚
E.g.: He was accused of betraying his country during the war.
他被指控在战争期间背叛了祖国。
E.g.: She felt betrayed by her mother’s lack of support.
她觉得母亲背弃了她，因为母亲没有支持她。

bossy (adj): A bossy person is always telling people what to do.
爱指挥人的；专横的
E.g.: My older sister was very bossy.

boss (v): to tell someone what to do all the time
对…发号施令；把…差来遣去
E.g.: I wish he’d stop bossing me around.
但愿他不再把我差来遣去的。

humiliate (v): to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself
羞辱，使丢脸
E.g.: How could you humiliate me by questioning my judgment in front of everyone like that?
你怎么能那样当众质疑我的判断，让我丢脸？
E.g.: England were humiliated (= completely defeated) in last night’s match.
昨晚的比赛中英格兰队遭遇惨败。

humiliating (adj): making you feel ashamed or stupid
令人感到耻辱的，丢脸的
E.g.: Losing my job was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me.
失去工作是我碰到过的最丢脸的事。

I feel humiliated/I was humiliated

yell (v): o shout something or make a loud noise, usually when you are angry, in pain, or excited
（通常指生气、疼痛或激动时）叫喊，吼叫（着说）
E.g.: Our neighbors were yelling (obscenities) at each other this morning.
今天早晨我们的邻居在互相破口大骂。
E.g.: The child yelled out in pain.
孩子痛得大叫起来。
E.g.: Jeez, don’t yell at me – I’m just telling you what she said!

gaslight (v):to trick or control someone by making them believe things that are not true, especially by suggesting that they may be mentally ill:
E.g.: She had no memory of the incident and thought he was trying to gaslight her.

expendable (adj): If someone or something is expendable, people can do something or deal with a situation without them.
可有可无的；无关紧要的；不必要的
E.g.: No one likes to think that they’re expendable.
谁也不愿意认为自己无足轻重。