GRE考试中的各种“主义”如何应对?
<p> 当你在准备<span word="GRE">GRE</span>考试的时候,经常会在题目中看到以-<span word="ism">ism</span>结尾的表示各种主义的单词,虽然说<span word="GRE">GRE</span>考试<span word="OG">OG</span>中强调不会考察专业的背景知识,但是我们在实际的教学过程中发现,各种主义如犬儒主义、沙文主义、集权主义,这些很基本的概念如果学生掌握不清楚,不知道其特点的时候,是很难快速的锁定答案的,因此我们就和同学们一起聊聊各种主义及其内涵到底是什么。</p><p> <span word="Cynicism">Cynicism</span>犬儒主义</p><p> 一说起犬儒主义,大家就有一种高大上的感觉,其实这是个外来词汇,我们中文里基本没有与之对应的词义,通常理解为玩世不恭、愤世嫉俗、讥诮嘲讽,但是你会发现,这几个词好像每个意思都想差一点儿,都像是对<span word="cynicism">cynicism</span>的某一个侧面的诠释,让我们还是看一下韦氏词典对这个词是怎么解释的吧!</p><p> <span word="cynical">cynical</span> - <span word="believing">believing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="generally">generally</span> <span word="selfish">selfish</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dishonest">dishonest</span>;</p><p> <span word="contemptuously">contemptuously</span> <span word="distrustful">distrustful</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="motives">motives</span>;</p><p> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="reflecting">reflecting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="belief">belief</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="conduct">conduct</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="motivated">motivated</span> <span word="primarily">primarily</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="interest">interest</span></p><p> 给了大家中文的解释大家会发现,其实这个词是对人性的一种不信任,所以我更愿意直白的理解为人之初,性本恶,也就是人都是自私自利的,这就好比每天给大家写一些文章,也是更希望同学们能够到课堂上来找我们,来增加我们老师的业绩。回到<span word="cynical">cynical</span>这个词,我们会发现以后大家理解这个词就和<span word="self">self</span>-<span word="interest">interest</span>, <span word="distrust">distrust</span>这种不信任人类本性和动机就好了。</p>
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