A good read

很好看，写得很好

【例句一】
I just finished The Old Man and the Sea. It was a good read.
我刚看完《老人与海》。读起来很轻松。

【例句二】
I normally don't enjoy romance novels, but The Time Traveler's Wife is a good read.
我通常不喜欢爱情小说，但《时间旅行者的妻子》真的很好读。

【例句三】
I highly recommend The Book Thief. It's a good read.
我非常推荐《偷书贼》。它很好看。

 

 

A quick read
读起来很快

【例句】
I finished The Hunger Games over the weekend. It was a quick read.
我一个周末就看完了《饥饿游戏》。它读起来很快。

A boring read
读起来很无聊

【例句】
Fifty Shades of Grey is a boring read. I only got halfway through it.
《五十度灰》好无聊。我只看了一半。

Magnum opus
[mæɡnjuː'mɒpəs]
代表作

【例句一】
The Old Man and the Sea is Hemingway’s magnum opus.
《老人与海》是海明威的代表作。

【例句二】
Animal Farm is great, but I think 1984 is Orwell's magnum opus.
《动物农场》很棒，但我觉得《1984》才是奥威尔的代表作。

【例句三】
It's hard to choose a single magnum opus for Mozart, but if I had to, it'd be Requiem.
很难选出一首莫扎特的代表作，但如果一定要选，会是《安魂曲》。

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