【英语时差8,16】没有阿诺的「魔鬼终结者」

Ex-music-video maker¹ and "Charlie's Angels" director McG, ignoring the [dict]constraint[/dict]s of time and space, and the [dict]essential[/dict] insanity² of the original trilogy, approaches "Terminator Salvation³" far more seriously than the tone of previous installments⁴. But he doesn't skimp⁵ on the scary stuff. McG drops us in 2018, with Skynet's machines well into their campaign against humankind. John Connor (Christian Bale) is at this point an uncooperative lieutenant⁶ to Gen. Ashdown (Michael Ironside). The [dict]wild card[/dict] in all this is Marcus (Sam Worthington), a death row inmate⁷ turned cyborg. The opening scene of the film finds Marcus being visited in his cell by a, cancer-stricken Dr. Serena Kogan (Helena Bonham Carter). Marcus reawakens, post-lethal injection, during the war. Marcus the machine is a far more interesting character than Connor, whom Bale portrays⁸ with a single-minded focus that is less [dict]engaging[/dict] than Marcus and his conflicts. The dark mood of "Terminator Salvation," which is relieved occasionally by the script going completely out to lunch, might have come off as [dict]pretentious[/dict] but instead seems relatively⁹ believable. The action is startling, and it adds to a movie that's as believable as it can be when its subjects are humanity under attack, rebel forces, and warfare¹⁰ by remote control. Anything resembling real life in "T4" is no doubt a total 

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 insanity   

n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐

参考例句：

• In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
• He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

3 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

4 installments   

部分( installment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The first two installments were pretty close together in 1980. 第一次和节二次提款隔得很近，都是在1980年提的。
• You have an installments sales contract. 你已经订立了一份分期付款的买卖契约了。

5 skimp   

v.节省花费，吝啬

参考例句：

• She had to skimp to send her son to college.她必须节俭来供她儿子上大学。
• Older people shouldn't skimp on food or heating.老年人不应过分吝惜食物或取暖方面的开销。

6 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

7 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

8 portrays   

v.画像( portray的第三人称单数 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of canals. 博物馆的藏品让运河200 年的历史再现眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The film portrays Gandhi as a kind of superman. 这部电影把甘地描绘成一个超人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

10 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。