一日不見如隔三秋：gap的含義解析

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach. 

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                                                                                                       ——Earl Nightingale

你的問題是要彌補你自身與目標之間的差距。

                                                                                                      ——厄爾 南丁格爾

一、gap的含義，你知道的有多少？

n.

1.缺口，裂口，開口，豁口 [C]

We must see that there is no gap in our defences.

我們務必注意不要讓我們的防禦工事有漏洞。

2.間隔，間隙，間斷 [C]

After a gap of 30 years the coustom was reintroduced .

這一風俗間斷了30年後又恢復了。

3.差距，分歧，隔閡 [C]

The gap between the haves and the have-nots is widening.

貧富之間的差距在擴大。

4.不足，缺陷 [C]

Industry has been quick to fill the gap with largely self-serving publications

公司企業立刻用自我吹噓的出版物來填補這種不足。

5.缺口，空白，漏洞 [C]

We must see that there is no gap in our defences.

我們務必注意不要讓我們的防禦工事有漏洞。

v.

1.造成縫隙，使成缺口，使豁裂 [T]

Long time corrading of wind and rain gapped the wall of the house.

風雨的長時間侵蝕是這間房屋的牆壁佈滿了裂隙。

2.豁開，張開，裂開；有缺口；露出裂口 [I]

二、gap和哪些詞更搭？

spark gap

n.[電]火花隙

generation gap

n.代溝

trade gap

n.貿易逆差

water gap

n.水口,峽谷

三、一起來玩個填詞小遊戲吧

He pulled the thick curtains together, leaving just a narrow     .

他拉上厚厚的窗簾，僅留下一條狹窄的縫隙。