Merlin Diamond 纳米比亚短跑运动员

　　Frustration¹ 失望，挫败感

　　Training for the Olympics is very hard.

　　Some athletes train for years and still don't make it to the Games.

　　One athlete who has been training for the Olympics is Merlin Diamond.

　　Merlin is a sprinter² from Namibia.

　　Join Natalie in this week's video to find out more about how Merlin’s training is going and learn the word ‘frustration’.

1 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

2 sprinter   

n.短跑运动员，短距离全速奔跑者

参考例句：

• He is more a sprinter than a swimmer. 他是短跑健将，而不是游泳选手。 来自辞典例句
• The sprinter himself thinks he can run the race at 9.4 seconds. 这位短跑运动员自认为可以用9.4秒跑完比赛。 来自互联网