每日一词|每日一词 60 | springboard

1. 这是什么词?

词:springboard
英英释义:something that helps you to become successful
例句:A fluent command of English is a springboard to professional success.
2. 为什么选这个词?
“springboard”的本意是跳水或体操运动中的“跳板”,它也常被用来表示有助于开展事业的基础、出发点。当我们想表示“A 促成了 B 的成功”,就可以说“A is a springboard for/to B”。注意 springboard 是个可数名词,我们在使用的时候要注意主谓一致。
比如,英语好可以促成职业上的成功,就可以说:
A fluent command of English is a springboard to professional success.
我们常说“失败是成功之母”(Failure is the mother of success),说的也就是失败是成功的跳板,我们可以用 springboard 把这句谚语改写成:
Our failures can act as springboards for future success.
许多学生选择考研是因为他们认为硕士学位是一个跳板,可以帮助他们取得更大的成功:
For many students, a master’s degree is a springboard for bigger success.
这句话也和我们之前学过的 ground(表示“理由”)结合起来写成:
Many students take the Postgraduate Admission Test on the grounds that a master’s degree provides a springboard for greater success.
我们在学习语言时,要注意一些常见表达的比喻意义,让我们自己的表达更丰富、好玩。比如我们之前学习的 passport 和今天的 springboard,都是可以用在写作和口语中的实用表达。
【每日一词|每日一词 60 | springboard】3. 怎样学会使用这个词?
1)翻译下面的句子:
许多人认为海外留学是移民的跳板。
(参考翻译:Studying abroad is regarded as a springboard for immigration. 或 A degree from a foreign institution is widely considered a springboard for immigration.)
我的翻译:
Many people think that studying abroad is a springboard for immigrants.
造句:
His meticulous budget was the springboard for the smooth start of the project.

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