2023年12月30日雅思大作文题目
Ambition is a positive quality for people to have in many societies today. How important is it for people who want to succeed in life? Is it a positive or negative characteristic?
在当今许多社会中，雄心壮志是人们所具有的一种积质。对于想要在生活中取得成功的人来说，这有多重要?这是一个积极的还是消极的特征?
范文及解析
Introduction
Although opinion has long been divided over what attributes pave the way for personal success, it is a shared wisdom that determination seems to eclipse importance of other personal traits that cultivate success in life.
解析
尽管长期以来，人们对哪些特质可以为个人成功铺平道路的看法一直存在分歧，但人们普遍认为，决心似乎超越其他个人特质在人生中培养成功的重要性。
attributes 特质
pave the way for 为某事打下地基
a shared wisdom普遍的认知
eclipse 使某事黯然失色v.
Body 1
One’s craving for attainments and accomplishments in life may vary largely depending on one’s status quo, innate drives and shifting landscapes of social-economic development, but universal striving may include being healthy, safe, fulfilled, happy and loved. Apparently, the aforementioned endeavors are never sure success yielded by constant efforts. In time of stagnation and frustration, ambitious people could be more resilient to bounce back, because they value failures as a learning experience. Furthermore, a boosted willpower facilitates the alignment of an individual's behaviors with long-term objectives, such as letting go bad habits or making breakthroughs in scientific fields. In other words, being loosely determined presumably entices one towards haphazard temptations that ultimately stall their personal progress.
解析
一个人在生活中对成就的渴望可能在很大程度上取决于一个人的现状、内在动力和社会经济发展的变化，但普遍的追求可能包括健康、安全、满足、快乐和被爱。显然，上述的追寻从来都不是靠不断的努力就能成功的。在停滞和挫折的时候，雄心勃勃的人可能会更有弹性地重新振作起来，因为他们把失败视为一种学习经验。此外，增强的意志力有助于使个人行为与长期目标保持一致，比如放弃坏习惯或在科学领域取得突破。换句话说，松散的决定可能会诱使一个人受到随意的诱惑，最终阻碍他们的个人进步。
craving 渴望n.
attainments and accomplishments 成就n.
vary 不同v.
status quo 现状
shifting landscapes 变化的情况
universal 普遍的
sure success 既定的成功
stagnation 停滞
resilient 对困境有承受力的 adj.
bounce back 重新振作
alignment 协调/一致n.
presumably 大概 adv.
Entice 引诱
haphazard temptations 随机的诱惑
stall 阻碍v.
Body 2
Nevertheless, excessive fixation on end goals is an evil curse; problematic consequences are generally twofold. Firstly, it relates to stubbornness. For instance, if overwhelmingly stubborn entrepreneurs made feeble efforts to unwind outdated labor-intensive management paradigms that had already outlived their usefulness when bot-aided economy prevailed, defending the old turf simply puts one’s endeavor in reverse gear. Secondly, it relates to perverse incentives. A goal of making one’s first million at age of 30, for example, may drive one to turn a blind eye to spending quality time with loved ones, not to mention concerning employees’ mental well-being. But according to a rule of thumb, relationships and community connection are better predictors for long-term success and wellbeing.
解析
然而，过分执着于最终目标是一种邪恶的诅咒;不良后果通常在两方面。首先，它与固执有关。例如，如果顽固到极点的企业家们，在机器人辅助经济盛行的时代，为解除过时的劳动密集型管理模式做出了无力的努力，那么捍卫旧领域只会让自己的努力倒车。其次，它与反向激励有关。例如，在30岁时赚到个100万的目标可能会让一个人对与亲人共度的美好时光视而不见，更不用说关心员工的心理健康了。但根据经验法则，人际关系和社区联系是长期成功和幸福的更好预测因素。
fixation 专注n.
curse 诅咒
problematic consequences 不良后果
stubbornness 固执 n.
feeble 微弱的adj.
unwind 解除 v.
paradigm 模式
outlived their usefulness 失去使用价值
bot-aided 机器人辅助的
defending the old turf 捍卫旧领域
reverse gear 倒档
perverse incentives 反向激励
turn a blind eye to 对某事视而不见
a rule of thumb 经验法则
predictors 预测因素
Conclusion
To conclude, intrinsic eagerness may be a possible recipe for success, while it would be a pure fallacy to downplay its potential risks.
解析
总而言之，内在的渴望可能是成功的秘诀，而低估其潜在风险则是纯粹的谬论。
intrinsic eagerness 内在的渴望
recipe 秘诀
pure fallacy 纯粹的谬论
downplay 低估