雅思写作| 来自雅思阅读的高分表达--剑9 test1

fire one's enthusiasm 点燃某人的热情  （用于科技类主题）

Those speeches fired the young chemist's enthusiasm further.

make it all the rage 让它风靡一时  （用于科技类主题）

Very soon, mauve was the necessary shade for all the fashionable ladies in that country. Not to be outdone, England's Queen Victoria also appeared in public wearing a mauve gown, thus making it all the rage in England as well.

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Hulu-style joint ventures are all the rage in media, too.

Hulu式的合资企业在媒体界也相当风靡。

clamour for sth.  民众强烈要求某事 （formal）=to demand sth loudly   （用于政府类主题）

The dye was bold and fast,and the public clamoured for more.

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People began to clamour for his resignation. 人们开始大声疾呼要求他辞职。

haunt sb. =to continue to cause problems for sb. for a long time 长期不断地缠扰（某人）  （用于环境类主题）

The question of whether we are alone in the Universe has haunted humanity for centuries.

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That decision came back to haunt him . 那个决定对他造成无法摆脱的困扰。

The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life.  作为一名破产者的耻辱很可能在他的余生不断来纠缠他。

on the brink of 濒于，濒临；在…的边缘 （用于环境类，科技类主题）

We may now stand poised on the brink of the answer to that question, as we search for radio signals from other intelligent civilisations.

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Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse. 文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。

The hotel is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. 这家旅馆正濒临破产。

The Russian peasantry stood on the brink of disappearance. 俄罗斯农民濒临消亡。

The country is teetering on the brink of civil war. 这个国家正处在内战的边缘。

Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse. 他们的经济正摇摆于崩溃的边缘。

Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery. 科学家很快就会有新的重大发现。

There is considerable debate over sth. 有相当大的争议 （用于大作文开头段）

There is considerable debate over how we should react if we detect a signal from an alien civilisation.