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    A thrill-seeker is a person who goes looking for excitement, especially the kind — jumping out of planes, riding the biggest roller coaster, driving fast, climbing without ropes. The point is the feeling: that rush of fear-mixed-with-joy in the chest and stomach. A thrill-seeker chases that feeling on purpose, and the danger is not an accident, it is part of what they came for.

    A thrill-seeker追求刺激的人 is a person who goes looking for excitement就是到處尋找刺激的人, especially the frightening kind尤其是會讓人害怕的那種 — jumping out of planes跳飛機, riding the biggest roller coaster坐最大的雲霄飛車, driving fast開快車, climbing without ropes不綁繩子爬山. The point重點 is the feeling就是那種感覺: that rush of fear-mixed-with-joy in the chest and stomach胸口和胃裡那種又怕又爽的衝擊感. A thrill-seeker追求刺激的人 chases that feeling on purpose是故意去追那種感覺的, and the danger而危險 is not an accident不是意外, it is part of what they came for是他們本來就想要的一部分.

    The tone sits somewhere between and worried, and it moves with who is speaking. A travel will say 'perfect for thrill-seekers' as pure praise. A parent or a news report will use the same word with a shake of the head, meaning someone who takes stupid risks.

    The tone這個字的語氣 sits somewhere between admiring and worried介於讚賞和擔心之間, and it moves with who is speaking會隨著說話的人而變. A travel advert旅遊廣告 will say 'perfect for thrill-seekers'會說『perfect for thrill-seekers』 as pure praise純粹是稱讚. A parent or a news report父母或新聞報導 will use the same word用同一個字時 with a shake of the head可能會搖搖頭, meaning someone who takes stupid risks意思是這個人在冒不必要的險.

    It is most often used of people doing sports and rides, but it stretches: you can call someone a thrill-seeker for chasing risky investments or dramatic relationships.

    It這個字 is most often used of people doing sports and rides最常用在玩極限運動或遊樂設施的人身上, but it stretches但用法也會延伸: you can call someone a thrill-seeker你也可以叫某人thrill-seeker for chasing risky investments or dramatic relationships如果他追求高風險投資或轟轟烈烈的感情.

    You will see it written with a , as one word ('thrillseeker'), or as two — all three are around, and the is safest. The behaviour itself is 'thrill-seeking', which works both as a noun and as an adjective: 'thrill-seeking behaviour'.

    You你 will see it written with a hyphen會看到它寫成中間有連字號的, as one word ('thrillseeker')寫成一個字的(thrillseeker), or as two或分成兩個字的 — all three are around三種寫法都有人用, and the hyphen is safest加連字號最保險. The behaviour itself這種行為本身 is 'thrill-seeking'叫做『thrill-seeking』, which works both as a noun and as an adjective可以當名詞也可以當形容詞: 'thrill-seeking behaviour'『thrill-seeking behaviour』.

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成thrill + seeker. 'Thrill' is the sudden strong feeling of excitement — the word originally meant to pierce or bore a hole through, and that older sense survives in the idea of a feeling that runs right through you. 'Seeker' is one who seeks, that is, one who looks for something. Put together: a person who goes looking for that piercing feeling. English builds many of these -seeker compounds: job-seeker, attention-seeker, asylum seeker.

同家族的字

  • thrillingthe adjective from the same 'thrill' — exciting in that heart-racing way
  • seekthe verb inside 'seeker' — to look for something
  • attention-seekersame compound pattern: a person who goes looking for X

原始詞典資料1 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。

thrill-seekernoun

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    A person who enjoys thrilling situations, or who engages in dangerous sports

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。