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SAT词汇零距离: enragement ring

大家都知道engagement ring的意思是订婚戒指,而今天我们介绍的enragement ring意思是惹女友生气后买的赎罪戒指来哄女友开心。

engagement和enragement两个词只差一个字母,但意思完全不同,前者的意思是订婚,后者意思是愤怒,生气。enrage的意思是激怒,使暴怒。

An enragement ring is a peice of jewelry1,typically a ring that is purchased for a girlfriend in an effort to make her happy after you have made her angry

“消气戒指”就是男朋友在惹女朋友生气后买来给女友让她开心的一件首饰,通常是一个戒指。

外国网站给出的解释:

A piece of jewelry, typically a ring, that is purchased for a girlfriend in an effort to make her happy after you have made her angry.

例句:

A: Wow, your girlfriend is pretty pissed that you were out all night and didn't call her. What are you going to do?

喔,因为你在外过夜没给她打电话,你女友非常生气。你会怎么办?

B: Yeah, you're right, she's pretty mad. I might have to buy her an 'enragement ring' to smooth things over.

没错,她确实很生气。我可能会给她买个"赎罪戒指",给她消消气。

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