[遊學日誌] Idiom慣用語主題 - 改變

 

VOCAB
☛  change (n.) [不可數名詞]
e.g. Change is important in life.
生活中改變是重要的

☛ change (n.) 特定的事情
e.g. There many changes in my life.
在我生命中有許多變化

e.g. He made a change to his hair.
他改變了他的髮型

☛ change (V.) 改變
e.g. I changed my apartments. 我換了公寓
e.g. His hair changed. 他的髮型改變
e.g. Her body changed. 她的身形改變
e.g. She changed classes. 她換了班級
e.g. He changed his hair. 他改變了髮型


VERBS
☛ modify (V.) 做了小改變
e.g. She modified her schedule. 她小改了她的行程

☛ transform (V.) 完全改變
e.g. He transformed his wide. 他大改造了他的老婆

☛ improve (V.) 改善; 進步
e.g. His life improved. 他的生活改善了

☛ disrupt (V.) 
[1] 往壞的方向改變
[2] 引進新的科技/系統 = introduce
e.g. Apple disrupted the system with the iPad.

☛ deal with = cope with (V.) 處理
e.g. He doesn't deal with change well. 他無法很好地處理變化
e.g. She deals/copes with changes well. 她能良好地處理變化

☛ change for the better/worse
e.g. My country is changing for the better.
e.g. The economy is changing for the worse.

☛ change the game 改變科技 ; 改變既往(模式)
e.g. Apple changed the game. 頻果改變了既往模式

☛ game changer 改變既往模式者(人/物) ; 改變科技者
e.g. Steve Jobs was a game changer.
賈斯伯是個改變既往科技之人

e.g. The iPhone was a game changer.
iPhone是改變既往模式之產物

☛ life changing event 生命中重要的改變事件
e.g. Living in Europe was a life changing event.
居住在歐洲是生命中重要的改變事件

ADJ
☛ cutting edge (adj.) 
[1] 先進的(科技)
[2] 非常新穎的
e.g. The iPhone was cutting edge.
iPhone非常先進

☛ old fashioned 形容人不喜歡改變
e.g. My father is old fashioned.
我爸爸不喜歡改變

☛ Some things never change. (常說的一句話: 有些事永不改變)
* The world changes, but people keep their habits.
這世界變化，但人們維持不變

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