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If something is invigorating, it makes you feel well, awake, and full of energy — a cold swim, mountain air, a brisk walk, a lively class. It can lift the mind as well as the body: an invigorating conversation leaves you keener, not just less tired.
If something is invigorating, it makes you feel well, awake, and full of energy如果一件事是invigorating,會讓你覺得舒暢、清醒,而且充滿活力——a cold swim, mountain air, a brisk walk, a lively class像冷水游泳、山上的空氣、輕快的散步,或一堂生動的課。It can lift the mind as well as the body它不只能振奮身體,也能振奮心情:an invigorating conversation leaves you keener, not just less tired一場invigorating的對話會讓你頭腦更敏銳,不只是比較不累而已。
It is the -ing adjective from invigorate, to give (British spelling often ): strength and energy. Slightly bright and ; advertisements like it.
It is the -ing adjective from invigorate它是invigorate(賦予活力)的-ing形容詞形式,to give vigor (British spelling often vigour): strength and energyto give vigor(英式拼法常寫成vigour):指力量與活力。Slightly bright and approving語氣稍微正面、帶著讚許;advertisements like it廣告很喜歡用它。
Though actually, vigorous and invigorating are not the same. A vigorous person already has energy; an invigorating swim gives you energy. One describes who is strong; the other describes what pours strength into you.
Though actually不過,vigorous and invigorating are not the samevigorous和invigorating並不是同一回事。A vigorous person already has energy一個vigorous的人本身就已經有活力;an invigorating swim gives you energy而一場invigorating的游泳則是把活力灌注給你。One describes who is strong前者形容誰本來就強壯;the other describes what pours strength into you後者形容什麼東西把力量注入你身上。
組成in- (causing / into) + vigor (strength, energy) + -ating.
同家族的字
- vigorenergy and strength (British spelling often vigour)
- vigorousfull of energy already
- invigoratethe verb: to give someone that energy
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
invigoratingadj
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Giving strength, energy and vitality; quickening; stimulating.
- The advertisement [published in 1856] concluded with the announcement that the excursion was being run "to afford the industrious classes the opportunity of enjoying the healthful and invigorating sea-breezes of Southport, and the luxury of sea-bathing, or the numerous objects of interest and amusement at Liverpool."
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。