If I am King, where is my power? Can I declare war? Form a government? Levy a tax? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority because they think that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak.

——The King's Speech

如果我是国王，我的权力又在哪里？我能宣战么？我能组建政府？提高税收？都不行！可我还是要出面坐头把交椅，就因为整个国家都相信…我的声音代表着他们。但我却说不来。

——《国王的演讲》

一、关于king，你应该知道的用法有

 

n.

1.君主；国王 [C] the male ruler of an independent state that has a royal family

Those who oppose the king shall perish by the sword.

那些反抗国王的人都要用刀剑处死。

 

2.（某范围内）最有权势者，大王 [C] a person, an animal or a thing that is thought to be the best or most important of a particular type

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

盲人国里，独眼称王。

 

3.（国际象棋）王；（西洋跳棋）王棋；（纸牌）K [C] the most important piece used in the game of chess

Your ace and king won't make until you've drawn trumps.

非等到你把王牌吊光，你的A和k才赢得到牌。

 

二、下面我们来学习一下含有king的常见短语

king cobra

眼镜王蛇

 

king post

中柱，桁架中柱，脊瓜柱，主柱

 

king salmon

大鳞大麻哈鱼

 

king crab

鲎

 

king of beasts

n. 狮(百兽之王)

 

king's ransom

n. 大量之金钱, 高价

 

三、接下来，做个填词游戏吧

They divested the       of all his power.

他们剥夺了国王的所有权力。