54.They wind up being guilt-provoking reminders of the fact that we are over-committed and losing control of our priorities. 六级词汇讲解: wind up意为最后,以告终。provoke意为激起,引起,因此guilt-provoking意为让人内疚的。reminder意为引起回忆的事物,常与介词of连用,引导让人想起的具体内容,该内容往往是听音的重点。往是听音的重点。over-committed意为过度投入的。lose control of意为对失去控制。priority此处意为优先事项,最重要的事。 英语六级考点归纳 短语wind up的具体用法如下: wind up意为以告终,落得个的下场,其后一般接doing sth.、介词短语或形容词。如: They wound up staying in a little cottage. 他们最后只能在一间小农舍里落脚。 I know theyre going to wind up in court over this. 我知道他们终归会因此对簿公堂。 If you keep drinking Tike that, you will wind up drunk. 你要是还那么喝酒,最后会喝醉的。 wind sth. up意为结束。如: They planned to wind up their operations in France. 他们打算结束在法国的业务。 wind sb. up意为惹某人生气;愚弄某人。如: |