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雅思词汇解析，释义到用法，清清楚楚

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本期作者：张悦

本周我们学习和运气相关的词汇

1. luck/ˈlʌk/

n. 运气

常见搭配：

beginner’s luck 新手运气

try/ test one’s luck 碰运气

e.g. I won the game on my first try. It was probably beginner’s luck.

e.g. Many young people go to big cities to try their luck.

其他搭配：

down on one’s luck 时运不济[常指一段时间]

down-on-one’s luck adj. 倒霉的；失意的

e.g. He lost his job and has been down on his luck ever since.

e.g. The movie tells the story of a down-on-his-luck businessman who starts over from scratch.

补充: start from scratch 从头开始

2. break /brek/

n.机遇；机会；好运

常见搭配：

catch a break 终于走运；终于迎来转机

a lucky break 一个幸运的机会;好运气

a big break 重大转机[尤其是在演艺圈]

e.g. Some people work extremely hard but never seem to catch a break.

e.g. Getting that internship was a lucky break.

e.g. Many successful celebrities spent years waiting for their big break.

3. Murphy's Law

墨菲定律：Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. 怕什么来什么

e.g.I forgot my wallet, missed the bus, and spilled coffee on my shirt. It was Murphy’s Law.

e.g. I’m not very superstitious, but occasionally Murphy’s Law feels surprisingly accurate.

搭配：Murphy’s Law strikes again. 墨菲定律应验

e.g. Whenever I forget an umbrella, it rains. Murphy’s Law strikes again.

4. superstition /ˌsuːpə'stɪʃ(ə)n/

n. 迷信

e.g. Some people believe breaking a mirror brings bad luck, but it’s just superstition.

e.g. People’s beliefs were full of ignorance and superstition.

补充：ignorance n. 无知

adj. superstitious 迷信的

e.g.Some superstitious practices should be abolished as soon as possible.

补充：self-fulfilling prophecy 自我实现预言[心理按时]

superstition 更侧重于相信超自然力量

e.g. In some cases, superstition functions as a self-fulfilling prophecy rather than a supernatural force.

以上就是今天的词汇，我们下期见。

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