More harm than good? 饮鸩止渴—咖啡不能停
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ID: 4159
Upper Intermediate
适量饮用咖啡能帮助提神，也是许多人生活中不可缺少的部分。可是如果已经到了停不下来的地步，可能就要当心了。我们用成语“饮鸩止渴”来形容过度依赖咖啡的人，因为过量饮用是不计后果的行为，对他们的身体有害无益。也来听听两个主播区分以下几个汉语水平考试中意思相近的词语吧：
5- 调整， 心理，状况，状态，心理，
6- 牺牲，生理，依赖，依靠，生理
Learn 近义词 (synonyms, see below) in this lesson where hosts discuss coffee drinking. The idiom 饮鸩止渴 means to use incorrect methods to resolve problems without consideration of the consequences, is used here where excessive coffee can cause more harm than good.
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 依赖 | yīlài | to depend on | |
| 牺牲 | xīshēng | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 状况 | zhuàngkuàng | condition; state; situation | |
| 依靠 | yīkào | to rely on sth (for support etc) |
你怎么迟到了这么久呀
nǐ 你zěnme 怎么chídào 迟到le 了zhème 这么jiǔ 久ya 呀
Why are you so late?
买咖啡呀没看到吗门口咖啡店的队都排到街上了
mǎi 买kāfēi 咖啡ya 呀méi 没kàndào 看到ma 吗ménkǒu 门口kāfēidiàn 咖啡店de 的duì 队dōu 都pái 排dào 到jiēshang 街上le 了
To buy coffee. Can’t you see, the queue to the coffee shop has stretched to the street.
又喝咖啡你最近真是越来越依赖咖啡了
yòu 又hē 喝kāfēi 咖啡nǐ 你zuìjìn 最近zhēnshi 真是yuèláiyuè 越来越yīlài 依赖kāfēi 咖啡le 了
Drinking coffee again, recently you’ve been increasing your reliance on coffee!
我也没办法最近工作忙睡觉时间都已经牺牲了只好靠咖啡来提提神儿
wǒ 我yě 也méi 没bànfǎ 办法zuìjìn 最近gōngzuò 工作máng 忙shuìjiào 睡觉shíjiān 时间dōu 都yǐjīng 已经xīshēng 牺牲le 了zhǐhǎo 只好kào 靠kāfēi 咖啡lái 来títíshén 提提神r5 儿
I’ve no choice, with heavy workload even my sleep time is sacrificed. I can only rely on coffee to stay alert.
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