这基于YLYK的每日英语早餐。
背景
文章解析
这篇文章选自Forbes
第一句讲事件，第二到五句讲广告，第六七句谈影响。
标题
For Men, Gillette Is No Longer The Best A Brand Can Get
这个题目有两者含义：
- 字面意思：吉利不再是男人能得到的最好品牌
- The Best A Brand Can Get有点响应吉利三十多前的一则广告： The Best A Man Can Get。
- brew
英文意思是： to start to form
英汉：酝酿。
At home a crisis was brewing.
There's trouble brewing in the office. - wade into
跟get involved in - condescendingly
其相应形容词：condescending
英英：showing that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people
英汉：有优越感的，居高临下的
She spoke to us in a condescending [=patronizing] tone.
His comments were offensive and condescending to us.
Don't talk to me condescendingly.
- disparage
英英： formal : to describe (someone or something) as unimportant, weak, bad, etc.
英汉：贬低
Voters don't like political advertisements in which opponents disparage one another.
Don't disparage your competitors. Be humble.
- clumsily
英英：not showing careful thought or good judgment
英汉: 笨拙地
They dealt with the situation clumsily. - bullying
英英： behaviour that frightens or hurts someone smaller or weaker
英汉：欺凌；霸凌
Bullying is not tolerated at school.
campus bullying: 校园霸凌 - harass
英英：to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way
英汉：骚扰；烦扰
sexual harassment 性骚扰
She is harassed by guilt. - toxic
英英：containing poisonous substances : poisonous
英汉：有毒的；令人不快的
a toxic [=very unpleasant] work environment - masculinity
英英：means the qualities, especially sexual qualities, which are considered to be typical of men.
英汉：男子气概
女性气质：femininity
The old ideas of masculinity do not work for most men.
Boys like to prove their masculinity in front of the girls they like.
- norm
- smear
英英：to make untrue statements about someone in order to hurt that person's reputation
英汉：污蔑；诽谤
Your ridiculous rumor smears my reputation.
They deliberately tried to smear him by telling lies about his war record.
- take/go to social media
在社交媒体上
I'm taking/going to the street. - outrage
英英：extreme anger : a strong feeling of unhappiness because of something bad, hurtful, or morally wrong
英汉：愤慨
express one's outrage: 发泄愤怒
generate/spark public outrage: 引起公愤 - Club 的双关意思
指代自己的公司
“反吉利”俱乐部
- negative comments
差评；负面评论 -
outpoll
英英：receive more votes than
英汉：所得选票超过；得票数多于…
She outpolled her rival by a wide margin.
又一个以out-开头的词，使我想起了outlive.
