Elon Musk C8 上:170918

词汇

She has long maintained that Musk kept her in the dark about the family's  financial arrangements

in the dark
释义:非正式 knowing nothing about something important, because you have not been told about it:
例句:We're in the dark just as much as you are.
仿写:He  intentionally kept his girlfriend in the dark about his career.
Murky:昏暗


Riley's  father chided his daughter for being a fool, but she held out hope that Musk had an explanation and went to dinner with him anyway.
hold ˈout something
释义:to offer a chance, hope or possibility of something
例句:Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering.
仿写:He  held out firmly faith that he can make it.


Things were cooler throughout the meal as the group dined in a depressingly empty restaurant.
....but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre,
dine  : to eat dinner
替换:eat,have
✏️ dine on something
(formal) to have a particular type of food for dinner
We dined on fresh local fish.
✏️ ˌdine ˈout
to eat dinner in a restaurant or somebody elseʼs home
✏️ dine ˈout on something
(informal) to tell other people about something that has happened to you, in order to make theminterested in you
✏️ wine and ˈdine (somebody)
to go to restaurants, etc. and enjoy good food and drink; to entertain somebody by buying them good foodand drink

The town offers many opportunities for wining and dining


He would come home every day, and there would be some calamity
To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.(阅读所见)

Calamity
释义:an event that creates great harm
例句:Sudan suffered a series of calamities during the 1980s.
同义:crisis  | emergency |disaster | catastrophe | calamity
辨析:A calamity is less serious than a disaster or catastrophe and is not usually used for an event in which peopledie.
仿写:Caribbean island suffered a calamity of Hurricane Iram.


our marriage was having real issues,  Musk said. It was on the rocks.
on the ˈrocks
释义:a relationship or business that is on the rocks is having difficulties and is likely to fail soon
例句:Sueʼs marriage is on the rocks.

✏️ (as) steady as a ˈrock
释义:extremely steady and calm; that you can rely on


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2.SpaceX  Tesla 先前遇见的财政问题,持续研发的Falcon 系列,以及SpaceX 尚未成功步入太空,Elon 准备与NASA合作




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