【每日一句】世界上最好的保鲜方法,就是不断的进步,如果你累了,学会休息,而不是放弃。

职场   2025-01-16 08:00   天津  

The best way to keep fresh in the world is to keep improving. If you are tired, learn to rest instead of giving up.

世界上最好的保鲜方法,就是不断的进步,如果你累了,学会休息,而不是放弃


【重点单词】improving

一、音标

英 [ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ];美 [ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ]


二、单词详细解释

“improving” 是 “improve” 的现在分词形式,动词 “improve” 常见的词性及含义如下:

  1. 及物动词
    表示 “改善;改进;提高”,例如 “improve your English skills”(提高你的英语技能),“improve the quality of products”(提高产品质量)。
  2. 不及物动词
    意为 “变得更好;改进;改善”,如 “His health is improving.”(他的健康状况正在好转。)

“improving” 作为现在分词,可在句子中作定语、状语、宾语补足语等。如 “The improving economy”(不断改善的经济),这里作定语修饰 “economy”;“He is working hard, improving his knowledge.”(他努力学习,不断提升自己的知识水平),这里作伴随状语。


三、记忆方法

  1. 词根词缀法
    “im-” 作为前缀,有 “使……,进入” 的含义,“prove” 本身有 “证明;检验” 的意思,“improve” 可理解为 “使通过检验、变得更好” ,“improving” 就是其现在分词形式。
  2. 对比记忆法
    与 “prove”(证明)对比记忆,多了前缀 “im-” 意思发生了变化,同时和 “diminish”(减少;降低)对比,一个表示变好,一个表示变差。
  3. 联想记忆法
    可以想象一个场景,比如你在学习英语,每天都在努力背单词、练习口语,你的英语水平就在 “improving”(不断提高)。
  4. 拆分记忆法
    “im” 可以联想成 “我”(I 的变形),“prove” 是 “证明”,连起来就是 “我要证明自己可以变得更好”,也就是 “improve”。
  5. 语境记忆法
    阅读大量包含 “improve” 或 “improving” 的英文文章、句子,在具体语境中理解和记忆。例如 “With the improving environment, more and more birds are coming back.”(随着环境的不断改善,越来越多的鸟儿回来了。)
  6. 歌曲记忆法
    有些英文歌曲中会出现 “improve” 相关词汇,通过听英文歌,跟着唱来加深记忆。
  7. 制作卡片记忆法
    在卡片一面写 “improving” 及音标,另一面写其含义、例句,随时拿出来复习。
  8. 造句记忆法
    自己用 “improving” 造多个句子,如 “I am improving my painting skills by practicing every day.”(我通过每天练习来提高我的绘画技能。)
  9. 故事记忆法
    编一个小故事,比如 “Tom found that by reading more books, his writing ability was improving rapidly.”(汤姆发现通过读更多的书,他的写作能力正在迅速提高。)通过故事来记住单词。


四、英语四六级与考研可以替换的同义词

  1. enhance
    及物动词,意为 “提高;增强;增进”,强调在价值、品质、吸引力等方面的提升,例如 “enhance your competitiveness”(增强你的竞争力)。注意 “enhance” 后常接抽象名词。
  2. boost
    及物动词,有 “促进;推动;增强” 的意思,可用于表示促进经济增长、提高士气等,如 “boost the economy”(促进经济发展)。注意 “boost” 在口语和书面语中都较常用。
  3. elevate
    及物动词,意思是 “提高;提升;举起”,常指地位、水平、道德品质等的提高,如 “elevate your status”(提升你的地位)。注意 “elevate” 比较正式,常用于书面语。
  4. heighten
    及物动词和不及物动词,“(使)提高;增强”,可用于表示增加强度、加深程度等,如 “heighten the awareness”(提高意识)。注意 “heighten” 常与抽象名词搭配。
  5. upgrade
    及物动词,意为 “升级;提升;改进”,常指通过技术、设备等方面的改进来提升质量或性能,如 “upgrade the software”(升级软件)。注意 “upgrade” 常与具体事物搭配。
  6. refine
    及物动词,“改进;改善;精炼”,强调对事物进行细微的改进或提炼使其更精致、更完美,如 “refine your writing style”(改进你的写作风格)。注意 “refine” 常表示在已有基础上的优化。
  7. ameliorate
    及物动词和不及物动词,“改善;改进;减轻”,正式用语,指改善不良状况或处境,如 “ameliorate the living conditions”(改善生活条件)。注意 “ameliorate” 在写作中使用可提升语言的正式度。
  8. better
    及物动词,“改善;提高;使更好”,较为口语化,使用场景广泛,如 “better your situation”(改善你的处境)。注意 “better” 比较简洁、常用。
  9. optimize
    及物动词,“使优化;充分利用”,常用于表示通过调整使某事物达到最佳状态,如 “optimize the resources”(优化资源)。注意 “optimize” 常与资源、系统等搭配。


五、英语四六级与考研常用词组

  1. improve on/upon
    对…… 作出改进;比…… 更好。例如:She has improved on her previous performance in the latest competition.(她在最近的比赛中比上一次的表现有了进步。)
  2. improve in
    在…… 方面有改进。例如:He is improving in his understanding of the complex theories.(他对这些复杂理论的理解正在不断提高。)
  3. keep improving
    不断改进;持续提升。例如:In the field of technology, companies need to keep improving to stay competitive.(在科技领域,公司需要不断改进以保持竞争力。)
  4. help improve
    有助于提高。例如:Regular exercise can help improve your physical health.(定期锻炼有助于提高你的身体健康水平。)
  5. work on improving
    致力于提高。例如:She is working on improving her time management skills.(她正在致力于提高自己的时间管理技能。)
  6. seek to improve
    寻求提高。例如:The company is always seeking to improve its product quality.(这家公司一直在寻求提高产品质量。)
  7. continue to improve
    继续提高。例如:We should continue to improve our environmental protection measures.(我们应该继续提高我们的环境保护措施。)
  8. aim to improve
    旨在提高。例如:The new policy aims to improve the living standards of the local people.(这项新政策旨在提高当地人民的生活水平。)
  9. make efforts to improve
    努力提高。例如:Students should make efforts to improve their comprehensive abilities.(学生们应该努力提高自己的综合能力。)


六、往年英语四六级与考研真题例句

  1. (2018 年考研英语一阅读理解)The researchers suggest that capuchin monkeys, like humans, are guided by social emotions. In the wild, they are a cooperative, group-living species. Such cooperation is likely to be stable only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone. Refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelings abundantly clear to other members of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.(这里可结合前文提到的 “refine” 等词来理解,猴子在社会合作中不断改进对公平的认知,如 “refine their understanding of fairness”,猴子拒绝较少的奖励可以让群体其他成员更清楚这种情绪,可类似 “improve the clarity of their emotions” )
    翻译:研究人员认为,卷尾猴和人类一样,受社会情感的引导。在野外,它们是具有合作精神的群居物种。只有当每只猴子都觉得自己没有被欺骗时,这种合作才可能稳定。义愤填膺的感觉似乎并非人类所独有。完全拒绝较少的奖励会让群体中的其他成员清楚地感受到这些情绪。然而,这种公平感是在卷尾猴和人类中独立进化而来的,还是源自这两个物种 3500 万年前的共同祖先,至今仍是一个悬而未决的问题。
  2. (2017 年考研英语二完型填空)But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the Unite Sates trade representative opening an investigation into whether the tax discriminates against American companies, which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France. The French tax is not just a unilateral move by Paris. Instead, the French and Germans are leading a movement for more fiscal coordination, including the introduction of a minimum corporate tax rate to prevent multinationals from avoiding paying taxes by shifting profits to low-tax countries. These have been spurred in part by the UK government's decision to start taxing online sales of goods and services coming into the country, which has led to the creation of a new tax system, with the aim of improving the collection of tax revenues.(“with the aim of improving the collection of tax revenues” 旨在提高税收收入的征收,“improving” 表示提高、改进)
    翻译:但它已经引发了重大争议,美国贸易代表对这项税收是否歧视美国公司展开了调查,这反过来可能导致对法国的贸易制裁。法国的这项税收举措并非巴黎方面的单方面行动。相反,法国和德国正在引领一场旨在加强财政协调的运动,包括引入最低企业税率,以防止跨国公司通过将利润转移到低税收国家来避税。这些举措在一定程度上是受到英国政府决定对进入该国的在线商品和服务销售开始征税的刺激,这导致了一个新税收体系的建立,目的是提高税收收入的征收。
  3. (2016 年英语六级阅读理解)While museums must be careful not to spend too much on particular exhibitions, they should also be confident in promoting their attractions. This could involve a public relations campaign to increase awareness, as well as efforts to improve the visitor experience, such as providing better facilities and more engaging displays.(“efforts to improve the visitor experience” 努力提高游客体验,“improve” 表示提升、改善)
    翻译:虽然博物馆必须注意不要在特定展览上花费过多,但它们也应该有信心宣传自己的吸引力。这可能包括开展公关活动以提高知名度,以及努力改善游客体验,例如提供更好的设施和更引人入胜的展示。
  4. (2015 年英语四级阅读理解)In recent years, the Chinese government has been working hard to improve air quality. It has implemented a series of measures, such as reducing coal consumption, promoting clean energy, and strengthening environmental supervision. These efforts have gradually achieved some results, and the air quality in some areas has shown signs of improvement.(“improve air quality” 提高空气质量,“improve” 是常见的搭配,“improvement” 是其名词形式)
    翻译:近年来,中国政府一直在努力改善空气质量。它实施了一系列措施,如减少煤炭消耗、推广清洁能源以及加强环境监管。这些努力逐渐取得了一些成果,一些地区的空气质量已经显示出改善的迹象。
  5. (2014 年考研英语一翻译)In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see. It is becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given the proliferation of dimensions and universes that it might entail. Nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal. This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too. (这里可理解为社会科学也在不断 “improving”,寻求理论的统一和进步,如 “improving the theoretical framework” )
    翻译:在物理学中,有一种方法将这种追求统一的冲动发挥到了极致,它试图寻找一种万有理论 —— 一个能够解释我们所看到的一切的单一生成方程。然而,考虑到这样一个理论可能会涉及到众多的维度和宇宙,它是否会是一种简化就变得越来越不明确了。尽管如此,某种形式的统一仍然是一个主要目标。这种在自然科学中的趋势在社会科学中也早已显现。
  6. (2013 年英语六级阅读理解)The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages, international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs. If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race, it will need to invest in science, technology, education and infrastructure. It also needs to improve its image abroad.(“improve its image abroad” 提升其在国外的形象,“improve” 表示使形象更好)
    翻译:该报告还主张加强对外语、国际事务的研究,并扩大留学项目。如果美国想在全球经济竞赛中保持领先,就需要在科学、技术、教育和基础设施方面进行投资。它还需要提升其在国外的形象。
  7. (2012 年英语四级阅读理解)To improve our sleeping habit, we can avoid taking naps during the day, go to bed at the same time every night, and create a comfortable sleeping environment.(“improve our sleeping habit” 改善我们的睡眠习惯,“improve” 常见搭配)
    翻译:为了改善我们的睡眠习惯,我们可以避免在白天小睡,每晚在同一时间上床睡觉,并营造一个舒适的睡眠环境。
  8. (2011 年考研英语二阅读理解)The researchers examined the relationship between music lessons and the IQ scores of a group of 252 children aged between 9 and 11. They found that children who received music lessons showed significant improvements in their IQ scores compared to those who did not.(“significant improvements in their IQ scores” 在智商分数上有显著提高,“improvement” 是 “improve” 的名词形式,表示提高的结果)
    翻译:研究人员研究了 252 名年龄在 9 岁至 11 岁之间的儿童中,音乐课与智商分数之间的关系。他们发现,接受音乐课的孩子与没有接受音乐课的孩子相比,在智商分数上有显著提高。
  9. (2010 年英语六级阅读理解)Many universities are already embracing this challenge and providing opportunities for students to become global citizens. They are offering more international courses, promoting student exchanges, and encouraging students to participate in international research projects. These efforts are aimed at improving students' global awareness and cross-cultural communication skills.(“aimed at improving students' global awareness and cross-cultural communication skills” 旨在提高学生的全球意识和跨文化交流技能,“improving” 表示提升相应的能力)
    翻译:许多大学已经在迎接这一挑战,并为学生提供成为全球公民的机会。它们提供更多的国际课程,推动学生交流,并鼓励学生参与国际研究项目。这些努力旨在提高学生的全球意识和跨文化交流技能。


七、在英语四六级与考研中应用

  1. 写作方面
    在四六级和考研写作中,“improving” 及其相关词汇和词组可以用于描述个人、社会、环境等方面的变化和发展。例如,在阐述如何解决某个问题时,可以说 “To solve this problem, we should take measures to improve the situation.”(为了解决这个问题,我们应该采取措施改善这种情况。)在写关于个人成长的话题时,“I am constantly improving myself by learning new skills.”(我通过学习新技能不断提升自己。)
  2. 阅读方面
    在阅读理解中,理解 “improving” 及其同义词的含义有助于准确把握文章内容。比如文章中提到 “enhance”“boost” 等词时,要能迅速反应出与 “improve” 意思相近,从而更好地理解作者的意图。
  3. 翻译方面
    在翻译题目中,遇到 “提高”“改善” 等中文表达时,要灵活运用 “improve” 及其同义词进行准确翻译,同时注意搭配和语法的正确性。如 “提高生活质量” 可以翻译为 “improve the quality of life” 或 “enhance the quality of life” 。



【考研常识】链接:

1. 考研全日制与非全日制区别

2. 考研学硕与专硕的区别

3. 【考研常识】定向与非定向

4. 【考研常识】保研与考研的区别


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