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I'm Zing Singh.
And I'm Simon Jack.
And together we host Good Bad Billionaire.
The podcast exploring the lives of some of the world's richest people.
In the new season, we're setting our sights on some big names.
Yep, LeBron James and Martha Stewart, to name just a few.
And, as always, Simon and I are trying to decide whether we think they're good, bad or just another billionaire.
That's Good Bad Billionaire from the BBC World Service.
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And I'm Phil.
We have a question from one of our listeners.
任的东西,英文怎样翻译?
现代汉语词典中,任的定义是, 受外力作用时,虽然变形而不容易折断, 柔软而结实,跟脆相对。 它对应哪个词最合适?
So the concept mentioned in this question can best be described with two English words, tough and resilient, and they can be quite similar in meaning.
Let's look a bit more closely.
是的,在英语中谈论任性这个概念时,经常使用tough和resilient这两个单词。
In practice, we use these words in the same way when talking about how hard-wearing something is.
Listen to these examples.
This fabric is very resilient.
It won't be damaged by the weather.
If you're going to the mountains, you'll need some tough hiking boots.
不过需要注意的是,在形容某物十分结实耐用时,tough更常见和实用,而resilient相对更强调技术性,更常出现在对产品的描述或者文章中。 Notice that we can use both these words like this to describe people.
Someone who's tough or resilient can put up with a lot of difficulties and not let it stop them.
Listen to these examples.
When you're starting out in your career, you need to be resilient.
Lots of people will say no to you.
It's a difficult job, but I learned to be tough.
Criticism doesn't bother me.
从上面的例句中,我们可以看出, tough 和 resilient 还可以用来形容人。 A tough person 指的是一个坚强或强硬的人, 而 resilient 则可以用来形容一个人具有韧性,非常顽强。
While both words can mean able to withstand force or difficulties, there are other contexts where only one word is suitable.
就比如说,当我们在描述食物有些硬,嚼不烂时,可以使用tough而不能说resilient。 来听一个例句。 This steak is terrible.
It's really tough.
I can't eat that.
Another meaning of tough is difficult.
If we talk about tough conditions, we might mean that the weather is bad.
Listen to this example.
Conditions are tough in the mountains.
You need to be prepared.
在表示困难的、艰难的这个意思时, tough 还可以广泛地用于形容条件、环境或态度等等非常负面具有挑战性的。 比如, a tough neighborhood, 一片危险的街区。 a tough job, 一份有挑战性的工作, a tough stance, 强硬的态度或立场,以及 a tough policy, 一项强硬的政策等等。 来听一组例句。 Working as head of sales for a big firm is tough.
You really need to put the hours in.
My boss has a tough policy on lateness.
She sacked someone for it last week.
In general, tough and resilient can be used to describe the meaning of toughness.
Toughness and toughness.
Tough is more common in daily life and it can also be used to describe difficult, difficult and challenging things.
It is used to describe people as strong and tough.
Resilient is more often used in the description of technical strength or to describe someone as tough and strong.
Remember, if you have a question that you'd like us to answer, you can email us too at questionschinaelt at bbccouk.
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I'm Zing Singh.
And I'm Simon Jack.
And together we host Good Bad Billionaire.
The podcast exploring the lives of some of the world's richest people.
In the new season, we're setting our sights on some big names.
Yep, LeBron James and Martha Stewart, to name just a few.
And, as always, Simon and I are trying to decide whether we think they're good, bad or just another billionaire.
That's Good Bad Billionaire from the BBC World Service.
Listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts.