?【影片獨(dú)白臺(tái)詞】

Happiness is something everyone searches for.
Some are sure they'll find it once they've moved back home,
Some think they'll find it by making a new friend.
Some hope to find it once they've defeated the competition.
Then there are those who stop searching for happiness because they look up one day to discover it was right there in front of them all the time.

?【重點(diǎn)詞匯講解】

1. defeat
vt. 擊敗,戰(zhàn)勝;挫?。皇埂. 失?。粦?zhàn)勝
短語:thorough defeat徹底失??;defeat rivals戰(zhàn)勝對(duì)手;in defeat失??;suffer defeat遭受失敗?
詞義辨析:conquer,overcome,overthrow,defeat,beat,subdue這些動(dòng)詞均含“征服,戰(zhàn)勝”之意。
conquer側(cè)重戰(zhàn)勝和控制。書面用詞。
overcome多指戰(zhàn)勝或克服非物質(zhì)的東西,如困難和不良習(xí)慣等。語氣較弱也可指在斗爭(zhēng)或競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中戰(zhàn)勝或壓倒對(duì)方。
overthrow指徹底擊敗對(duì)手,使其喪失力量和地位。
defeat普通用詞,多指在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、比賽、競(jìng)選或辯論中戰(zhàn)勝對(duì)手,側(cè)重勝利的暫時(shí)性。
beat口筆語均可用,可與defeat換用。
subdue正式用詞,與conquer同義,但強(qiáng)調(diào)失敗后的臣服狀態(tài);也可用作借喻,表克制、壓抑感情、欲望等。
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2. discover
vt. 發(fā)現(xiàn);發(fā)覺;vi. 發(fā)現(xiàn)
詞義辨析:discover,find,detect,ascertain這些動(dòng)詞均有“發(fā)現(xiàn)”之意。
discover普通用詞,指發(fā)現(xiàn)本來存在,但示被認(rèn)識(shí)的事物、真理或情況。
find普通用詞,可指偶然發(fā)現(xiàn),也可指經(jīng)過尋找后得到或重新獲得已失去的東西。強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作的結(jié)果。
detect正式用詞,強(qiáng)調(diào)經(jīng)過周密觀察或研究而有所獲得和發(fā)現(xiàn),尤指發(fā)現(xiàn)有意隱藏之物。?
ascertain較正式用詞,指有意搜尋與發(fā)現(xiàn)。

?【經(jīng)典句型】

Then there are those who stop searching for happiness because they look up one day to discover it was right there in front of them all the time.然后,還有一些人停止了搜尋幸福,因?yàn)樗麄兡程焯ь^發(fā)現(xiàn)幸福就在眼前。