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小词详解 | oasis
oasis 英 [əʊˈeɪsɪs] 美 [oʊˈeɪsɪs]
In “Ready Player One”, a 2011 novel later turned into a Steven Spielberg film, Ernest Cline imagines something similar, a virtual “Oasis” where people can live, work and play, an escape from dystopian deprivation.
在后来被史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格拍成电影的2011年小说《头号玩家》中,欧内斯特·克莱恩也想到了类似的东西——一个虚拟的“绿洲”,人们可以在其中生活、工作和娱乐,这是一个摆脱废托邦式匮乏的世外桃源。
——《经济学人》When I walked in the newsroom, the all-male staff gaped at me as if I were an oasis in a desert.
当我走进新闻编辑室时,全是男性的工作人员目瞪口呆地看着我,仿佛我是沙漠中的绿洲。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 沙漠中有水的肥沃处
它在他眼前晃动,好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。
It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
在一个车水马龙、游人如织的城市里,这里是一片极为宜人的宁静绿洲。
In a city teeming with traffic and tourists, it is a glorious oasis of calm.她把我们领进她的办公室,给我们倒了咖啡。在周围乱哄哄的环境中,她的办公室是一方宁静之地。
She ushered us into her office and offered us coffee. Her office was an oasis of peace and sanity amid the surrounding chaos.
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
信仰是心中的绿洲,思想的骆驼队是永远走不到的。
haven: a place of safety or refuge retreat: a quiet or secluded place in which one can rest and relax refuge: a place or situation providing safety or shelter