100 Words To Make You Sound Smart

作者:The American Heritage Dictionaries, Editors of 编

页数:128

出版时间:2006-10

价格:47.00元

isbn号码:9780618714889

图书标签:Vocabulary英语教材English

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The newest title in the popular 100 Words series is an informative and entertaining resource that can help anyone be right on the money when looking for words that will make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening. Chosen by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, these words will appeal to anyone who wants to be a more compelling communicator—as a worker, consumer, advocate, friend, dinner companion, or even as a romantic prospect.

The book includes a colorful variety of words, including handy words of just one syllable (such as glib) and words derived from the names of famous people (such as Freudian slip and Machiavellian).

There are expressions from popular culture (Catch-22) and words that date back to classical civilization (spartan and stoic). Each word is clearly defined and shown in context with quotations from contemporary sources: magazines, newspapers, broadcast media, movies, and television. For many words, quotations from distinguished authors and speakers are also given and word histories are explained.

Like its predecessors in this successful series, 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart provides an affordable and enjoyable way to communicate more effectively. It offers the coveted gift of gab to anyone who needs to “say it right”—and to anyone who wants to sound more articulate.

用户评价

才知道white meat dark meat的来历。以前的人假正经，觉得点菜的时候说胸啊腿啊不文雅(indelicate），于是用white/dark meat 这样的euphemism来代替.#一句话里两个高大上的词

Do I sound smarter?

也就一看。

Do I sound smarter?

#So miss u, Jane