学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3375 nerd

 今天我们要学的词是 nerd.

 

nerd 的意思是书呆子，一般指不善社交、喜欢脑力工作的人。 In the United States, summer camps are popular for children. But recently a five-day summer camp took place for adults with a unique twist -- it was just for nerds. 在美国，夏令营很受儿童欢迎。但是最近有一个为成年人举办的为期五天的夏令营，它的独特之处是专为书呆子举办的。

 

形容一个人有书呆子气，就是nerdy。Former neighbors describe the now disgraced¹ multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein as 'nerdy,' quiet with no signs of predatory behavior. 名誉扫地的富豪杰弗里·爱普斯坦的前邻居形容他是一个有'书呆子气'，安静，没有侵犯他人倾向的人。

 

1 disgraced   

（人）丢脸的，耻辱的，不光彩的

参考例句：

• They have disgraced the whole school. 他们给整个学校都丢了脸。
• She was disgraced at court. 她在宫廷中失宠。