原文:

Mature people went to college and started careers before they got deeply involved in a relationship. She knew I would never be as thoughtless and goofy and small-town as she'd been…

试译:

心智成熟的人会去上大学,然后开创自己的事业,而不会在此之前任由自己为男女之欢所牵绊。她知道我定然不会像她那样,没头没脑、傻乎乎的,而且还那么老土……

出处:

The twilight saga: Eclipse-chapter 2. 《暮光之城》第三部《月食》-第二章

英语阅读学单词 读原著记单词goofy(1)

释疑:

1、goofy adj. /ˈɡuːfi/

解释:( informal ) ( especially NAmE ) silly; stupid 愚蠢的;傻的

用例:a goofy smile 傻笑 a goofy-looking hat 滑稽可笑的帽子

2、small-town

注意这是个合成词,它的中间有个连接符号“-”,意为: not showing much interest in new ideas or what is happening outside your own environment 乡镇气的;保守狭隘的;落后闭塞的。该词只用于名词之前

small-town values 保守狭隘的价值观


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