Everyday Expressions
n. [c] 美麗的人或事物
She was a famous beauty in her youth.
n. [u] 美
We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
n. 優點,極具魅力的特色
The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (這機器的優點在於簡單。)
衍生詞語
beautify (美化);
beautiful (美麗的);
生活用語 Street Talks
A: Mom it hurts.
B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
A: Please! Mom!
Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a smallcar.
The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
諺語 Proverbs
Beauty is but skin-deep. 紅顏易變。
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. 貌美而無德，猶如花之無香。
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼裏出西施。
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復合詞語
beauty contest (選美比賽);
beauty salon (美容院);
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
美容師 --- beauty aid
風景點 --- beauty spot
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
beauty sleep --- 美容覺（午夜前的睡眠）
the beauty of sth --- 有優勢的方面
電影對白 Transcripts
句型 And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正傳》
對話 Jesse Jackson: It’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.
Crowd Leader: What do you want?
Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正傳》
名言 Quotations
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).