[雅思寫作/口語] 純正短語&句型(5)-人物話題

be self-reliant

= feel that you can do things well and that people respect you for that

[中文] 很獨立的

[例句] He's determined and self-reliant.

(i) be self-sufficient

=be able to provide everything that you need by yourself

[中文] 自給自足的

[例句] The increased productivity from farmland made some countries self-sufficient in grain. (Cambridge IELTS 8)

(ii) be a self-made man / woman

= be a person who has become successful without help from other people

[中文] 依靠自身的努力成功的人；白手起家的人

[例句] The young entrepreneur is a self-made man.

show initiative

= show the ability to use one's own judgment to do things

[中文] （在工作時）顯示出主動性

[例句] When Joseph began the job, he showed initiative.

do sth. of one's own accord

= do sth. without being asked or forced to do it

[中文] 主動去做某事

[例句] James apologised of his own accord.

be tenacious

= be very determined and not willing to stop when he/she is trying to achieve something

[中文] 堅韌不拔的

[例句] Niamh is a tenacious athlete.

(i) perseverance

= a determined attitude

[中文] 堅定的意志

[例句] Maria's excellent marks are a result of her perseverance.

(ii) willpower

= the ability to control someone's own thought and behaviour in order to achieve something

[中文] 意志力

[例句] It takes strong willpower to overcome the temptation.

an upright citizen

= an honest and responsible person

[中文] 一名正直、有責任感的公民

[例句] Lewis behaved as any upright citizen would have under those circumstances.

preserve sb's integrity

= keep the quality of always behaving according to the moral principles that sb. believes in

[中文] 堅持自己的原則

[例句] Often they had to display great courage to preserve their integrity or to make their way to the top. (Cambridge IELTS 8)

be down-to-earth

= be very practical

[中文] 務實的

[例句] I appreciate Anna's down-to-earth approach to problem-solving and decision-making.

be very arty

= wishing to seem interested in everything connected with art

[中文] 小資情調的；風花雪月的

[例句] Max is very arty and a bit of a dreamer.

set the benchmark for sth.

= set the standard that other people can use for judging how good or bad sth. is

[中文] 成為某一領域的標杆

[例句] The Last Dinner by Leonardo da Vinci set the benchmark for religious painting.

a Renaissance man / woman

= someone who knows a lot about many different subjects and has many practical skills

[中文] 一個極為多才多藝的人

[例句] Christopher is a writer, composer and actor - a real Renaissance man.

(i) be versatile

= be capable of doing many different things well

[中文] 多才多藝的

(ii) be artistic

= sensitive to art and able to enjoy it

[中文] 對藝術很敏感的，有藝術才能的

[例句] Early results show that creative and artistic people do much better than average.

an overnight success

= an instant success

[中文] 一夜成名的人或事物

[例句1] Most overnight successes actually take years.

[例句2] Pikingston's first full-scale plant was an instant commercial success.

sb's legacy lives on

= sb's influence continues

[中文] 某人過去的成就現在仍在發揮其影響

[例句] The war hero's legacy lives on.

sb. has a large following

= has many admirers

[中文] 某人有大量的崇拜者和追隨者

[例句] The actor has a large following on Twitter.

a go-getter

= someone who is likely to be successful because he/she is very determined and has a lot of energy

[中文] 一個有志向又有能力的人；很容易成功的人

[例句] Joshua is a real go-getter.

a consummate actor / actress / athlete

= a very skillful actor / actress / athlete

[中文] 一位有才華的演員、女演員、運動員

a prodigy

= a young person who has a natural ability to do sth. extremely well

[中文] 神童

people from all walks of life

[中文] 各行各業、有各種經歷的人們

[例句] People from all walks of life voted for him but he still lost the election.

go from rags to riches

= start your life very poor and then later in life become very rich

[中文] 從貧困到富有的成功歷程

[例句] Rags-to-riches stories tend to be very inspirational.

is part and parcel of being famous

[中文] （某種麻煩）是成名所帶來的無可迴避的問題之一

[例句] Being recognised in the street is part and parcel of being famous.

paparazzi

= photographers that follow famous people in order to take pictures of them that newspapers and magazines will buy

[中文] n. pl. 狗仔隊

[例句] Paparazzi follow celebrities everywhere they go in order to take photographs of them for newspapers and magazine.

extravagant lifestyle

= lifestyles of spending a lot of money, especially more than reasonable

[中文] 奢華的生活方式

[例句] They live extravagant lifestyles with huge mansions (豪宅) and luxury cars.