Leslie Nielsen’s devotion to acting is wonderfully
inspiring. He built a hugely successful career with little more than plain old
hard work and determination. He showed us that even a single desire, never
given up on, can make for a remarkable life.
前面读到网友针对2021年高考英语浙江卷的一些提问,找来真题做了一下,也发现有不少疑问,比如这里的 plain old hard work 是什么意思?特别是这个 old 的理解。另外,整个句子 He built a hugely successful career with little more than plain old hard work and determination 是什么意思?
plain old 是习语,意思“普普通通的”,即没什么特别之处。如:
It's just plain old noodle soup. 这就是普普通通的面汤。
I’m just a plain old country boy. 我只是个普通的乡下娃。
What you need is some plain old common sense. 你需要的只是一些最基本的常识。
问题中的句子,plain old hard work意思是“普普通通的努力工作”:
He built a hugely successful career with little more than plain old hard work and determination. 他只不过通过普普通通的努力工作和毅力就建立了非常成功的事业。
附 plain old 用作习语的截图: