Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

suburb (n): an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live
城郊；近郊住宅区
Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.
博士山属于墨尔本的近郊住宅区。
We drove from middle-class suburbs to a very poor inner-city area.
我们从中产阶级的近郊住宅区驱车前往市中心的贫民区。

ego (n): your idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability
自我评价；自我中心；自负；自尊心
That man has such an enormous ego – I’ve never known anyone so full of themselves!
那个人自负得要命——我从来没有见过这么自以为是的人。
I’m glad she got the job – she needed something to boost/bolster her ego (= give her confidence).
我很高兴她得到了这份工作——她太需要点什么来增强她的信心了。

egoism (n):thinking only about yourself and considering yourself better and more important than other people
自我主义；自大；自负
Finding herself world-famous by the time she was 18 only encouraged the actress’s egoism.
年仅18岁就闻名世界只是让这位女演员变得更加自负了。

altruism (n): willingness to do things that bring advantages to others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself
利他主义；无私
She’s not known for her altruism.
她并不是一个无私的人。

splendour (n): great beauty that attracts admiration and attention
壮丽；雄伟；辉煌
They bought a decaying 16th-century manor house and restored it to its original splendour.
他们买了一幢破败的16世纪庄园宅邸，经过整修使它恢复了先前的富丽堂皇。

their technology is more advanced