【原】[第232次听写]exploit的多种意思

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So, his dad began to practice with him, and he got good. He overcame obstacles. Teams would try to exploit his weak side.

exploit, 这是一个神奇的词
做名词, 它的意思是英勇的行为
The King Arthur legends are full of stories of the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table
作动词, 它的意思是卑鄙地利用别人
Your competitors will always try to exploit your problems to their own advantage.
当然, 有时候它作动词, 也可以是中性的意思, 利用, 开采
Teachers should be exploiting computers in education.
Minerals have been exploited in this area.
这句话意思是说, 因为他比别人少一支手臂, 所以他的对手们总是想要exploit这一点, 想要exploit他没有手臂的那一侧

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1 Maybe some of you have heard of Jim Abbot. He was a Major League Baseball player. He won a gold medal in the Olympics. He played for the Yankees, the Angels, but he threw a no-hitter and he only had one arm.
或许你们一些人可能听说过Jim Abbot. 他是一名职业棒球大联盟球员. 他在奥运会上得过一枚金牌. 他效力过的球队有: Yankees, Angels. 他扔出过一个no-hitter, 而他只有一只手臂

2 When he was a kid, he came home mad one time and told his dad, “The kids won’t let me play baseball because I only have one hand.” His dad replied, “No, the kids won’t let you play baseball because you stink at baseball. You can’t change the fact that you only have one hand, but you can change the fact that you stink.”
当他是一个孩子的时候, 他有一次回家很生气, 他跟爸爸说: 小朋友不让我玩棒球因为我只有一只手. 他爸爸说: 不, 小朋友不让你玩棒球, 因为你球技太差. 你无法改变你只有一只手的事实, 但是你可以改变你球技太差的事实.

3 So, his dad began to practice with him, and he got good. He overcame obstacles. Teams would try to exploit his weak side.
所以他爸爸开始跟他一起练习, 他变得很厉害. 他克服了困难. 对方球队会试图expolit他比较弱的一侧.

4 they would try to bunt to the side that he had a missing arm. But they never succeeded because he practiced and practiced fielding bunts to that side.
他们会试着朝着他没有胳膊的那一侧去bunt, 但是他们从来都无法成功, 因为他不断地练习朝着没有胳膊的那一侧去field bunts.