Leonard: Is Thai food okay with you Penny?

Penny: Sure.

Sheldon: We can’t have Thai food, we had Indian for lunch.

Penny: So?

Sheldon: They’re both curry based cuisines. (注: n+based+n)

Penny: So?

Sheldon: They would be gastronomically redundant. I can see we’re going to have to spell out everything for this girl.

Penny: Any ideas Raj? (He just looks at her with a worried expression.)

based

【释】containing something as an important part or feature.(牛津高阶)
立基于，以…为基础,这里要学习的而是 n+based的结构

【例】a class-based society.(牛津高阶)
一个阶级社会。

【例】carbon-based fuels.（韦氏学习）
碳基燃料。

gastronomically

【释】connected with cooking and eating good food.(牛津高阶)
从美食法角度；从烹饪法角度

redundant

【释】repeating something else and therefore unnecessary.(韦氏学习）
冗余的；多余的

【例】Some people say that since all adages are old, the phrase “old adage” is redundant.(韦氏学习）
有些人说,因为所有的谚语都是古老的，所以说“古老的谚语”就多余了。

【例】The picture has too much redundant detail.（牛津高阶）
这幅画就太多画蛇添足的细节了。

spell out

【释】to explain something in a simple, clear way.(牛津高阶)
讲清楚

【例】You know what I mean—I'm sure I don't need to spell it out.（牛津高阶）
你知道我什么意思——我肯定我不用跟你再多解释了。

【例】She didn't get the hint, so he had to spell it out for her.（韦氏学习）
她没听懂提示，所以他得跟她解释解释了。

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