wallow什么意思_翻译 – wallow 英语单词讲解

SAT TEM8

外刊例句

• The desire of the modern comic protagonist, meanwhile, is to wallow in his own immaturity, plumbing its depths and reveling in its pleasures.
  而现代喜剧主人公的心愿却是沉迷深陷于自己的不成熟，并以此为乐。
  ——《经济学人》
• That, in turn, allows an entire bureaucracy to wallow in denial, even over a crisis like the coronavirus outbreak and just a few months away from the Olympics.
  这转而让整个官僚机构沉湎于对现实的否认之中，即使政府面临的是新冠病毒暴发这样的危机，即使离奥运会开幕只有几个月的时间了。
  ——《纽约时报》

基本释义

[verb] (of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that creates a pleasurable sensation)
[动词] （指人）无节制地沉溺于（某种产生愉悦感的事物）

深入解读

Wallow 一词源自西日耳曼语 walwon （转动、旋转），其基本含义是指猪等大动物或人为了凉爽或者嬉戏在烂泥或水里“打滚、翻滚”，既可以作动词，也可以作名词，比如：

• 在河里打滚的河马
  hippos wallowing in the river
• 在烂泥中打滚的猪
  pigs having a wallow in the mud

炎炎夏日时分，无论是在水里打滚降温的猪牛，亦或是在水池里嬉戏的孩子，总会玩得过于尽兴而迟迟不愿从水中出来，后来 wallow 就被用来引申表达“沉湎、放纵”，多接享乐、悲伤等不好的事物，比如：

• 她沉湎于旅馆豪华奢侈的享乐之中。
  She wallowed in the luxury of the hotel.
• 他疲惫的心继续沉溺于自哀自怜之中。
  His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity.
• 纠结于细节并为这样的小数目斤斤计较
  wallow in details and quibble over such a small amount

名人用例

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
我们不要陷入绝望而不可自拔。朋友们，今天我对你们说，在此时此刻，我们虽然遭受种种困难和挫折，我仍然有一个梦想。这个梦想是深深扎根于美国的梦想中的。

同近义词

• luxuriate: enjoy oneself in a luxurious way; take self-indulgent delight
• bask: revel in and make the most of (something pleasing)
• revel: get great pleasure from (a situation or experience)