2019.02.04

周一 Monday

formidable /'fɔ:midəbl/ 

adj. 强大的

It feels like we've been waiting forever to say this but... OMG, we're finally going to see Nia Nal suit up as Dreamer!
感觉我们等这都快等了一辈子了,不过,谢天谢地,我们终于能看见尼亚·纳尔穿上梦想者的套装了!

Dreamer is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics. Nia has the power to see the future and experience visions in dreams. 
梦想者是DC漫画中的一名虚构超级英雄。尼亚的能力是看见未来,以及在梦中接受天启。

Her hand-to-hand fighting skills combined with her ability to glimpse seconds into the future, made her a formidable short-term opponent in battle, but the sheer number of expanding possible futures in each second of a battle made it difficult for her to keep the advantage.
她的徒手格斗技巧,加上能看见几秒之后未来的能力,让她具备了很强悍的速战能力;不过,战斗中未来的每一秒都有太多可能性了,这让她很难将优势持续下去。

In her first episode of Supergirl, Nia and Kara (Supergirl) take a trip to Nia's hometown to visit her family during the town's annual Harvest Festival. 
在她的《超级少女》处女集当中,尼亚和卡拉(也就是超级少女)一起去尼亚的家乡见了她的父母,当时他们的家乡正在过一年一度的丰收节。

While there, we'll get to explore Nia's backstory as well as how she got her powers and the kinds of trouble they bring with them. The episode synopsis also hints that we'll see her mother encourage her to embrace her destiny.
在故事的这一段,我们将会看到尼亚的背景故事:她是怎么得到这个能力的,以及这些能力给她带来了哪些麻烦。这一集的梗概还暗示说,我们会看到尼亚的妈妈鼓励她接受拥抱自己的命运。

So get ready to finally see TV's first transgender superhero suit up!
那么,准备好看这个电视史上首位变性人超级英雄穿上制服吧!

While we'll only get a glimpse of the suit in this episode, we will get the full view in Episode 12, entitled "Menagerie," which airs Sunday, Feb. 17. 
虽然这一集里她的制服只会短暂出现,但我们在第12集里将能看到它的全貌;那一集的标题叫做“动物园”,会在2月17日星期天播出。

 

今日词汇

formidable /'fɔ:midəbl/ 

adj. 强大的

 

这个词表示“非常强大的”,既可以是褒义,也可以是贬义。

In debate, he was a formidable opponent.
在辩论中,他是一个难以应付的对手。

The task at hand was a formidable oone.
手头上这个任务非常艰巨。