小词详解 | mingle
mingle 英 [ˈmɪŋɡl] 美 [ˈmɪŋɡl]
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外刊例句
Turn a corner, though, and you spot the future: a hybrid assembly line where shiny Japanese robots are mingling with human workers.
然而,走过一个拐角,你却看到了未来:这里有一条混合装配线,外壳锃亮的日产机器人正和工人一起忙碌着。
——《经济学人》He cannot mingle, speak or pray with other prisoners.
他不能和其他犯人打交道、交谈或一起祈祷。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] mix or cause to mix together
[动词] 混合或使混合在一起
深入解读
Mingle 是一个与熟词 mix 含义十分相似的单词,都有“(使)混合、(使)相混”的含义,其中后者含义广泛,侧重指混合后的产物特性一致,原料不易分离或分辨出来,而前者则强调原料在混合后依然保持各自的特性,容易辨别,比如:
晚会很豪华,食物精美可口,香槟酒源源不断。笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
The evening was a lavish affair with glorious food and an endless supply of champagne. The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air.血不断从伤口慢慢流出来。她的泪水和脸上的血混在了一起。
A cascade of blood oozed out of the wound. Her tears mingled with the blood on her face.
除此之外,这两个单词都可以用来表示人际交往,不同的是, mix 多指与各种各样不同的人“交往、相处、交际”,而 mingle 主要表示在社交场合中到处走动与人“交际、应酬”,比如:
作为一名迎宾员,你在工作中与各种各样的人打交道吗?
As an usher, do you mix with a wide variety of people in your job?别再斗嘴了。去跟婚礼上的其他人聊聊。
Stop bickering! Go out of your way to mingle with others at the wedding.
名著用例
When she was trimly dressed she was rather a sweet little being, with large eyes and a sad mouth. Her face expressed the mingled expectancy, dissatisfaction, and depression she felt.
她穿戴齐整时,真是个可爱的小姑娘,长着大大的眼睛忧伤的嘴,她脸上流露出期望、不满和郁郁寡欢的复杂表情。
出自美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛(Theodore Dreiser)创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》(Sister Carrie)。《嘉莉妹妹》是《珍妮姑娘》(Jennie Gerhardt)的姐妹篇,1998年被选为20世纪百大英文小说。
同近义词
blend: mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together
interlace: cross or be crossed intricately together; interweave
merge: blend or cause to blend gradually into something else so as to become indistinguishable from it
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