第525期:勇气是抗拒恐惧_初级英语口语

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.
勇气是抗拒恐惧，征服恐惧 – 不是没有恐惧。

Notes：
1.resistance
n. 抵抗；阻力；抗力；电阻
常见搭配：
a piece of resistance
主要品; 压轴; 压桌菜; 出类拔萃的东西
line of least resistance
阻力最小的方向, 最便当的方法
make some [no] resistance
进行[不]抵抗
offer [put up] resistance to [against]
抵抗
passive resistance
消极抵抗, 不顺从
take the line of least resistance
采取阻力最小的路线; 采取最省力的方法

2.mastery
n. 精通，熟练；统治，控制；优势
eg.
gain mastery by striking first
先发制人而占上风
strive for mastery
争雌雄
She appealed to his mastery for help in solving her problem.
她请求他运用他的知识去解决她的问题。
It takes years to gain a mastery of Japanese.
掌握日语要花几年时间。