glamour是什么意思,glamour怎么用

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glamour

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📰 外刊例句

Despite the glamour , the sporting element of the games retained an endearing amateurishness. 尽管魅力四射,但运动会的体育元素仍保留着一种可爱的业余气息。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[noun] an attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing
[名词] 吸引人的或令人兴奋的特质,使某些人或事物看起来动人


💡 深入解读

话说在中世纪时, grammar 一词并不仅限于语言研究,还包括一般性的学习。由于那个时候的普通民众都不识字,并且几乎所有的学习都用普通民众不会说或不理解的语言来表达的,因此他们普遍认为魔法、占星术等都包含在这种广义的 grammar 中。由于 grammar 的拼写形式在18世纪的苏格兰变体为 glamer 或 glamour ,因此便产生了现在的 glamour 一词,原用来表示“魔法、魔力”。随着 glamour 一词在英语中的适用范围越来越广,便逐渐发展出现在的主要含义指“魅力、吸引力、诱惑力”,主要指一种令人兴奋却又往往是虚幻浪漫的吸引力,

比如:

She forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in a sedate country town.她抛开城市的绚烂,去一个宁静的乡间小镇居住。

Now that she's a flight attendant, foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.她现在是空中乘务员了,去国外旅行对她已失去吸引力。

这个词也常用来形容女性的“迷人的美、艳丽”,也就是一种性感的美丽或魅力,比如一位艳丽迷人的女演员(an actress with glamour)。


📚 名著用例

How often had she looked at the well-dressed actresses on the stage and wondered how she would look, how delightful she would feel if only she were in their place. The glamour , the tense situation, the fine clothes, the applause, these had lured her until she felt that she, too, could act — that she, too, could compel acknowledgment of power. 当她看着舞台上衣服华丽的女演员时,她不止一次地想象如果她在台上演这个角色她会是什么样的,如果她处在她们的位子,心里又会多开心。辉煌的舞台魅力,紧张的情节,漂亮的戏装,还有观众的掌声,这一切深深地吸引着她,使她感到自己也能演戏——也能让别人承认她的才华。

— 出自《美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛(Theodore Dreiser)创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》( Sister Carrie )。参见: 名著下载 | 嘉莉妹妹(Sister Carrie)》


🔍 同近义词

  • allure: the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating
  • attraction: the action or power of evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something
  • charm: the power or quality of giving delight or arousing admiration
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