掃碼諮詢2024年新航道寒假班課程
January 26, 2025
雅思詞彙解析 | | 欄目推送說明
雅思詞彙解析，釋義到用法，清清楚楚
每一次的進步，都是來自點點滴滴的積累
本期作者：張悅
本週我們來學習與春運相關的詞彙
1. rush /rʌʃ/
n. 蜂擁前往
搭配：Spring Festival travel rush 春運
holiday rush 假期高峰
holiday shopping rush假期購物潮
rush hours 高峰時間
e.g. Shop early to avoid the Christmas holiday rush.
e.g. The travel rush during the Spring Festival is so intense that train tickets sell out within minutes.
e.g. Local businesses take advantage of the holiday rush, offering special promotions to attract tourists.
e.g. Traffic is always heavy during the rush hour.
2. scalper /skælpɚ/
n. 倒票者;黃牛;票販子
搭配：ticket scalpers 票販子
e.g. Many people criticize scalpers for taking advantage of the holiday travel rush, making it difficult for people to get tickets at fair prices.
e.g. The government has implemented stricter measures to prevent scalpers from hoarding and reselling train tickets.
補充：hoard v. 囤積
v. scalp 倒賣，炒賣票；
e.g. People were scalping tickets outside the stadium.
類似表達：tout v.倒賣（門票）/ n. 票販子
e.g. The toutson the street corner were touting tickets for the theater show, hoping to make a profit off last-minute buyers.
3. delay /dɪleɪ/
n. 延期;延遲;推遲
搭配：a lengthy/long delay 長時間的推遲
traffic delays / flight delay(s) 交通/航班延誤
e.g. Airline travelers are experiencing delays of up to three hours.
e.g. The construction work on the highway willcause a delayin the morning commute.
補充：commute n. 通勤
v.使延期;使延遲;推遲
搭配：delay something / delay doing sth.
e.g. Due to the bad weather, the airline had todelay the departureof the flight by two hours.
e.g. Due to the traffic jam, I had to delay going back home and find an alternative route.
4. exhaustion /ɪgzɔːstʃ(ə)n/
n. 精疲力竭；疲憊不堪
搭配：mental and physical exhaustion 身體疲憊
e.g. After standing in line for hours, she was overcome by exhaustion from the Spring Festival travel rush.
e.g. The overcrowding on the buses caused serious exhaustion, with people crammed in for hours without a break.
補充：be overcome by感情上受到極大影響
Overcrowding n. 過度擁擠
adj. exhausted[mentally and physcially] 筋疲力盡的
e.g. During the Spring Festival travel rush, long hours of queuing and crowded conditions caused many people to feelexhausted.
補充：queue v. 排隊
類似表達：be mentally / physically drained
e.g. She worked two shifts back-to-back and was physically drained by the time she got home.
補充：back-to-back 接連不斷地；連續地
shift n. 輪班
以上就是今天的詞彙，我們下期見。
