《了不起的盖茨比》:1-4
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promise=hope 希望,憧憬
as if➕虚拟,谓语动词用were
intricate machine 精密的仪器
register=chronicle=record=take down 记录
have nothing/something to do with… 无关/有关
such as=that 引导定从
romantic readiness 浪漫的倾向性
readiness=willingness=inclination=aptness 倾向
ambivalent=equivocal=ambiguous 矛盾的
turn out all right 行为无可厚非
it is …that… 强调
prey on 吞噬
in the wake of=after 在…之后
foul dust 污浊的灰尘,指富裕的年轻人低下的道德标准
abortive=Ineffective=unavailing=unsuccessful 未果的
short-winded=temporary=brief 简短的
elation=jubilant=exultation=ecstasy=exhilaration=rapture=exaltation 开心
prominent=eminent=glorious=famed=notable
=illustrious 显赫的
well-to-do=rich=wealthy=prosperous=well-off
=affluent 富裕的
clan=tribe=line 氏族
be descended from 是……传下来的后代
send a substitute to do sth 请了一个替身去做某事
Civil War 内战
wholesale hardware business 五金批发生意
carry on=come into=accede to=inherit 继承
pay sb off 支付
ancestor=antecedent=predecessor 祖先
anecdote=tale=story 轶闻
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