【电影词汇】

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

                                                                               ——Henry David Thoreau 《Walden》

大多数人过着一种平静的绝望生活,他们心中的歌和他们一起埋入坟墓。

                                                        ——梭罗《瓦尔登湖》

一、下面我们来看看mass有几种含义

adj.

1.大众的,民众的

Any attempts to bring under the mass movement for civil rights are doomed to failure.

任何镇压民权群众运动的企图都是注定要失败的。

2.大规模的;大批的

We want to promote literacy on a mass scale.

我们要大规模地提高文化水平。

n.

1.团,块,堆;大量,大批,众多 [C]

I've masses of work to do.

我有许许多多的工作要做。

2.群众,民众 [C]

I wonder if they are truly concerned with the interests of the masses.

我不知道他们是否真正关心民众的利益。

3.大部分,主体;总体 [U]

The mass of public opinion is in favor of the new foreign policy.

大部分的舆论拥护新的外交政策。

4.【物】质量 [U]

A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

克米制质量单位,一克等于千分之一千克。

v.

1.集中,聚集 [I,T]

Crowds massed along the road where the king would pass.

人们聚集在国王要经过的街道旁。

二、含有mass的常见短语

mass production

n.大规模生产

air mass

气团,大气质量

atomic mass

原子量,原子质量

law of conservation of mass

质量不灭定律,质量守恒定律

law of mass action

质量作用定律

学会mass的用法了吗?来做个小测试吧~

There's _____es of work for her to do

她有一大堆的工作要做。