美国习惯用语-第125讲:trailblazer/cutting edge
<p>美国习惯用语-第125讲:<span word="trailblazer">trailblazer</span>/<span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="edge">edge</span></p><p>今天我们要给大家介绍的两个俗语都有"打先锋"的意思。这种打先锋的精神是美国人的特色。在体育比赛，或者在科学技术领域进行新的发明创造方面都能显示出这种精神。我们首先要给大家介绍美国人在形容这种精神时经常用的一个字就是：<span word="trailblazer">trailblazer</span>。<span word="Trailblazer">Trailblazer</span>是指那些为别人开创道路的人。<span word="Trailblazer">Trailblazer</span>这个字出现在两个多世纪前。那时，美国许多拓荒者到西部去开发荒地，他们把树砍掉，建立新的农场。而<span word="trailblazer">trailblazer</span>就是走在大家前头，替大家开路的人。那些<span word="trailblazer">trailblazer</span>在荒野里每走五十米就用刀或斧头把树皮砍掉一块，作为给后来的人寻找道路的记号。树上被砍掉树皮的地方就叫做<span word="blaze">blaze</span>。<span word="Trailblazer">Trailblazer</span>实际上是由两个字组成的。<span word="Trail">Trail</span>是指小路，<span word="blazer">blazer</span>这个词是来自 <span word="blaze">blaze</span>。<span word="Trail">Trail</span>和<span word="blaze">blaze</span>合在一起就成为<span word="trailblaze">trailblaze</span>，最后再加上"<span word="r">r</span>"这个字母就成了"开路的人"了。现在，<span word="trailblazer">trailblazer</span>这个字已经应用到生活的各个方面。下面我们要举的例子就是在现代社会中开创新的道路的人。</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="Something">Something</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="July">July</span> 20, 1969. <span word="That">That</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="astronaut">astronaut</span> <span word="Neil">Neil</span> <span word="Armstrong">Armstrong</span> <span word="stepped">stepped</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spaceship">spaceship</span> <span word="Eagle">Eagle</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="moon">moon</span>. <span word="History">History</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trailblazers">trailblazers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="man">man</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="exploration">exploration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="space">space</span>."</p>
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