Million Dollar American Princesses 百萬美國公主?

S1E1 Cash For Class

*一點(diǎn)小小的建議：可以先粗略看一遍詞匯，然后再看劇集。

Inheritress = inheritrix → inheritrices (pl) n.女繼承人

00:35 Her fathers scandalous reputation means that the doors of the American society are shut in her face.

Scandalous a. 令人憤慨的，可恥的；丑聞的

00:53 It is the guiltiest secret of the British aristocracy how much American blood runs throw its veins.

Aristocracy n. 貴族；貴族制

Vein n. 血管

01:03 between the end of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, ……

在19世紀(jì)末20世紀(jì)初，……

01:14 American beauties 美國麗人

02:24 the fortunes of the British aristocracy 英國貴族的命運(yùn)

02:34 They were taking about each other as being engaged and nobody can really stop of the power of this relationship.

Engage v. 參與活動(dòng)（engage in the trade）；吸引興趣（engage the attention of sb.）；拉sb.參與討論（engage sb. In conversation）；融入環(huán)境或群體（engage with a group）；發(fā)動(dòng)進(jìn)攻（engage the enemy）；到工作位置（a machine engages/sb. engages the machine）；指派（engage sb. to do sth.）

Engaged a. 已訂婚的

02:55 a modest farm house

Modest a. 1=not proud; 2=not big

03:08 social advancement 社會(huì)地位的提升

03:23 And in that respect, he’s not unlike others of his ilk.

Ilk n. =kind

03:26 Jerome is a Wall Streets’ speculator, a gambler in a city notorious for con man and robber barons.

Speculator n. 投資家

Gambler n. 賭徒；投機(jī)商人

Notorious a. =famous or well known for sth. Bad (notorious for)

Con

?v. 1(con sb. out of sth.)=swindle=to get money from someone by deceiving them;

2(con sb. into doing sth.)=trick=to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them; n.1=trick; 2= a prisoner

Robber barons n. 強(qiáng)盜貴族=a powerful person who uses their money and influence to get more money, business, land etc in a way that is slightly dishonest

03:37 manly & girly

Manly a. =masculine=have qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong

Girly a. =girlie

03:48 Conquistador n. 征服者

Conquest n. 征服，戰(zhàn)勝 Conquer v. 征服，戰(zhàn)勝

03:50 They have triumphs over the vagaries of marketplace.

Triumph n./v.勝利

Vagaries n.(pl) =unexpected changes in a situation or someone’s behaviour, that you cannot control but which have an effect on your life

04:30 He moves the family from Brooklyn into a brand-new wildly extravagant mansion in Madison Avenue in 26th street.

Extravagant a. 奢華的

Mansion n. 大廈，宅邸

04:49 There was a fountain gushing champagne and another one gushing old Cologne.

有一個(gè)噴泉滔滔不絕地涌出著香檳，另一個(gè)噴泉滔滔不絕地涌出古龍水。

Gush v.

1=(vi.)if a liquid gushed, it flows or pours out quickly and in large quantities. ;=(vt.)if something gushes a liquid, the liquid pours out quickly and in large quantities. ;

2= if words or emotions gush out, you suddenly express them very strongly

05:10 Launch their daughters into society to make grand marriages 將女兒送入上流社會(huì)，締造盛大的婚姻

06:03 They gradually pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and eventually became the part of what we call the Knickerbocker Society.

他們逐漸通過自己的力量扎根美國起來，最終成為我們稱之為尼克人的一部分。

Knickerbocker n.（最初到美國紐約的）荷蘭移民的后代；荷蘭籍紐約人；紐約人；燈籠褲

Bootstrap n. =a leather or fabric loop on the back or side of a boot for pulling it on

06:24 The knickerbockers are contemptuous of new money.

Contemptuous a.=scornful=showing that you think someone or something deserves no respect

New money n. 新貴

1=people who have become rich by working, rather than by getting money from their families;

2=money that makes someone rich and that is recently earned, rather than from their families

06:33 They have derogatory names for people like that.

derogatory a.→derogatory remarks, attitudes etc are insulting and disapproving

11:50 Jenny, well now can have her social debut in England and attempt to breach the defenses of the English aristocracy.

Breach n. 違反，破壞；（關(guān)系）中斷，終止；缺口；v. 違反，破壞；在……上打開缺口

Step into the breach - Thanks for stepping into the breach last week.

12:10 But if the New York society is a snobbish closed shop, surely Britain with its century old aristocracy traditions must be even more exclusive.

Snobbish a. =behaving in a way that shows you think you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class or know more than they do

14:27 The foundations of its fortunes are crumbling.

Crumble v.

1= if something, especially something made of stone or rock, is crumbling, small pieces are breaking off it;

2= to break apart into lots of little pieces, or make something do this;

3= disintegrate= to lose power, become weak, or fail

15:08 These million-dollars princess will find an unexpected alliance at the very pinnacle of British society.

Alliance n.

1=an arrangement in which two or more countries, groups etc agree to work together to try to change or achieve something;

2= a group of two or more countries, groups etc who work together to achieve something;

3=in alliance (with somebody/something) if two groups, countries etc are in alliance, they work together to achieve something or protect each another;

4= formal a close relationship, especially a marriage, between people

16:07 London is the greatest most cosmopolitan city in the world.

Cosmopolitan

n. 1=a cosmopolitan place has people from many different parts of the world – use this to show approval (eg. a vibrant cosmopolitan city) 國際化的

2=a cosmopolitan person, belief, opinion etc shows a wide experience of different people and places 見識(shí)廣的

n. someone who has travelled a lot and feels at home in any part of the world

16:51 She was brought up to expect marriage. She said her education really took the lines of the governance would walk her around the garden and they would have to pause by every shrub and every shrub Isie would have to spontaneously introduce in a new topic conversation. And the idea was that if you went to a party, you could always keep the chatter going, even if the person you were talking to have all the social abilities of a plant.

Shrub n. =a small bush with several woody stems

Spontaneously

ad. 1= something that is spontaneous has not been planned or organized, but happens by itself, or because you suddenly feel you want to do it;

2=someone who is spontaneous does things without planning them first – used to show approval

Chatter v. 嘮叨，喋喋不休；唧唧叫，吱吱叫；咯咯作響，打顫

n. 閑聊，閑扯；吱吱聲，唧唧聲；咯咯聲，打顫聲；（網(wǎng)絡(luò)聊天室的）網(wǎng)友

21:09 Everybody refers to Jenny’s fabulous hair. She has very curvaceous figure.

Fabulous

a. 1=extremely good or impressive=wonderful

2=very large in amount or size=huge

3=fabulous creatures, places etc are mentioned in traditional stories, but do not really exist=fable

Curvaceous a. =having an attractively curved body shape – used about women

21:55 He was once quoted saying the rougher the better.

Rough adj. 粗俗的，不講究的；

22:26 Just three days later, Randolph proposes.

Propose v. 提議，建議；提出（理論或解釋）；提名，推薦；計(jì)劃，打算；求婚；（向立法機(jī)構(gòu)或委員會(huì)）提交（動(dòng)議）；提議祝（酒）

23:11 You certainly are the greatest little darling that ever breathed and I get more conceited every day at thinking that I have the good fortune to win the love of one like you.

Conceit

n. 1= an attitude that shows you have too high an opinion of your own abilities or importance

2= an unusual way of showing or describing something in a play, film, work of art etc

26:13 She was beautiful. She was charming. She was charismatic.

Charismatic

adj. 有超凡魅力的；（基督教派）蒙受神恩的，有特恩的；（力量）神賜的，（能力）神授的

n. 神授能力運(yùn)動(dòng)擁護(hù)者；自稱得到神靈啟示的人

26:39 The Duchess hates me simply for what I am. We are always studiously polite to each other, but it is rather like a volcano ready to burst out at any moment.

Studious a.=spending a lot of time studying and reading

Studiously ad.→If you do something studiously, you do it carefully and deliberately.

29:44 He was always being caught on houses of ill-repute and she used to write terribly poignant letters to him.

Houses of ill-repute n. <婉>妓院

Poignant a.=making you feel sad or full of pity

32:32 My great grandfather was very good-looking, dashing, charming.

Dashing a.= a man who is dashing wears nice clothes and is very attractive and confident

32:50 She was a handsome woman. She was a rebel and she loves horses just like her father had done.

Rebel

n. 1=someone who opposes or fights against people in authority

2=someone who refuses to do things in the normal way, or in the way that other people want them to

v. 1=to oppose or fight against someone in authority or against an idea or situation which you do not agree with

2= if your stomach, legs, mind etc rebel, you cannot do or believe something you think you should

35:50 The marriages of our million-dollar American princesses begin with love, but some are now turning sour. For one, life will become even more tragic. But another will even leave extraordinary legacy that continues to this day.

Turn sour?令人失望；不受歡迎；惡化；變酸

Legacy n.遺產(chǎn)

40:08 Jenny nurses him devotedly right to the end.

Nurse v. 看護(hù)，照料

Devotedly ad.忠實(shí)地；一心一意地

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