be a swot
名词作表语,常带贬义或调侃语气。
He is a swot who spends every break in the library.
他是个书呆子,每个课间都待在图书馆里。
书呆子;死读书的人;刻苦读书;辛苦工作;刻苦学习者;努力工作者
a student who studies very hard and is seen as boring or disliked by others
书呆子;死读书的人
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
He was called a swot simply because he checked his notes during lunch.
他仅仅因为在午餐时看笔记就被叫作书呆子。
用法提示:swot 是名词,指因过度用功或显得迂腐而受嘲笑的学生;句中作主语补足语。
The swots were often left out of group games at school.
在学校里,书呆子们常常被排除在集体游戏之外。
用法提示:swots 是 swot 的复数形式,作主语,指那些不受欢迎的用功学生。
She doesn't mind being a swot if it means a place at a good university.
如果这意味着能进一所好大学,她并不介意当个书呆子。
用法提示:swot 是名词,作 being 的表语,指‘死读书的学生’。
名词作表语,常带贬义或调侃语气。
He is a swot who spends every break in the library.
他是个书呆子,每个课间都待在图书馆里。
swot 作宾语补足语,说明被称呼的对象。
They called her a swot for revising all weekend.
因为她整个周末都在复习,他们叫她书呆子。
口语中用来缓和语气,意为“有点书呆子气”。
I was a bit of a swot in my first year.
我大一时有点像个书呆子。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is swot.
正确表达He is a swot.
swot 是可数名词,单数形式在句中作表语时前面必须有不定冠词 a;汉语名词没有冠词,容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many swot in our class.
正确表达There are many swots in our class.
swot 是可数名词,复数要加 -s;汉语名词不通过词形变化表示复数,容易把单数形式直接放在 many 后。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is very swot.
正确表达She is a real swot.
swot 是名词,不能用副词 very 修饰;名词前需要冠词,表示“十足的”可用 a real/complete swot。
nerd 强调社交笨拙加上对某领域(电脑、动漫、游戏)的痴迷,贬义中常带嘲笑,美式通用;swot 是英式口语,专指为考试死读书、被同学取笑的用功学生,核心在“用功读书”而非“兴趣痴迷”,两者不能随意互换。
bookworm 指读得多、爱读书的人,语气多为中性甚至带赞许,与考试、分数无关;swot 带贬义,指为成绩死记硬背的学生,多用于英式口语和校园语境。
grind 是偏美式的说法,指长期埋头苦干的人,读书或工作皆可,语气偏中性甚至带一点敬佩;swot 只用于读书考试,且是英式口语里带嘲笑意味的称呼,感情色彩更负面。
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