詞彙精選:muse的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
沉思;冥想
例句:
The young girl was lost in a muse.
這女孩陷入了沉思。
例句:
I want to be a better writer and maybe my muse will provide the motivation.
我希望成爲一名更好的作者,也許我的沉思將爲我提供動力。
(the Muses) 繆斯(九位文藝和科學女神的通稱)
例句:
I don't know who the nine Muses were, but ask Gill— she's a mine of information.
我不知道繆斯九女神是誰,但你可以去問吉爾——她學識淵博。
v.
沉思;冥想 [I,T]
例句:
I like to muse about what I will do when I grow up.
我喜歡仔細思考長大後做什麼。
例句:
She lay musing for a while.
她躺着沉思了一會兒。
沉思地說 [T]
例句:
"I wonder why?" she mused.
“這是爲什麼呢?”她若有所思地問自己。
例句:
"Guess I'll have to get some better filters." she mused.
“看來我得買幾個好一些的過濾器,”她若有所思地說道。
二、詞義辨析:
think,deliberate,meditate,muse,reason,reflect,speculate
這些動詞均有“思考、判斷、思索”之意。think一般用詞,指開動腦筋形成看法或得出結論的腦力活動。不着重結論是否正確,見解是否有用。deliberate指緩慢、按部就班地作仔細而認真的思考或判斷。meditate語氣較強,指認真地長時間集中精力進行思考。muse通常指漫無目的地猜想。reason指根據資料、證據或事實進行推斷,作出結論或判斷的邏輯思維活動。reflect指回想或回顧,側重認真而冷靜地反覆地思考某個問題,尤指對已發生事情的思索。 speculate指推論過程,隱含在證據不足的基礎上作出推測或設想。
三、參考例句:
His muse pullulated with dizzying speed.
他的靈感以令人發暈的速度滋長着。
The Muse of lyric poetry and music.
歐忒耳佩繆斯女神之一,主管音樂和抒情詩。
His muse occasionally takes a humorous and satirical turn.
他的詩句偶爾會變得幽默而有諷剌意味。
The young girl was lost in a muse.
這個女孩陷入了沉思。
I want to be a better writer and maybe my muse will provide the motivation.
我希望成爲一名更好的作者,也許我的沉思將爲我提供動力。
His muse have deserted him,and he can no longer write.
他已無靈感,不能再寫作了。
Tv muse become a more powerful vehicle for the spread of news.
電視已成爲影響力更大的傳播消息的媒介。
I like to muse about what I will do when I grow up.
我喜歡仔細思考長大後做什麼。
She's been my rock, my muse, my inspiration and I love her. The whole way.
她是我的支柱,我的繆斯女神,我的靈感。我愛她,從始自終地愛她。
Her latest album, Muse, earned her a Best Song of the Year at the Golden Melody Awards.
她的最新一張專輯《Muse》,讓她在金曲獎上榮獲年度最佳歌曲獎。