1. 認(rèn)識(shí)這個(gè)詞（基礎(chǔ)篇）?

詞：-ridden?

英英釋義：full of something unpleasant or bad?

例句：The movie is?cliché-ridden?and full of plot holes.?

2. 體會(huì)這個(gè)詞 （進(jìn)階篇）?

“ridden”是個(gè)形容詞，表示“充斥著…的”，它也常常被用作后綴使用讓表達(dá)更加簡(jiǎn)潔。根據(jù)它的英英釋義，我們知道 -ridden 的這種用法常常可以用來(lái)替換 full of something，to contain a lot of something。另外要注意它前面的名詞一般是有負(fù)向含義的詞，比如 debt/scandal/conflict/crime/superstition 等。?

比如我們想吐槽一個(gè)電影毫無(wú)新意，到處都是陳詞濫調(diào)和情節(jié)硬傷，就可以說(shuō)：?

The movie is?cliché-ridden?and full of plot holes.

我們可以用 -ridden 來(lái)介紹一個(gè)地方。比如《新概念英語(yǔ)》第四冊(cè)第三課在吐槽一個(gè)糟糕的旅店時(shí)就用到了 -ridden：?

Such inns as there were generally dirty and?flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.

flea-ridden 是說(shuō)這個(gè)地方有許多的跳蚤。相應(yīng)地，如果一個(gè)地方有很多蒼蠅/黑社會(huì)/騙子，我們就可以在 - ridden 前面加上名詞 mosquito/mafia/fraud 就可以了。?

-ridden 也常常用來(lái)描寫(xiě)糟糕的境況。比如《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在描寫(xiě)難民受災(zāi)的國(guó)家時(shí)寫(xiě)到：?

Yet with many hailing from poor or?conflict-ridden?African nations such as Sierra Leone and Cameroon, refugee agencies point out that they have every right to seek asylum in Australia.

《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在寫(xiě)到阿根廷的時(shí)候也用到了 -ridden：?

The country is not quite repeating its own?crisis-ridden?history. Argentina today has a reformist government largely intent on doing the right thing, rather than the populist administrations that blighted its recent past.?

3. 從認(rèn)識(shí)到會(huì)用（作業(yè)）?

1）翻譯下面的句子：?這家債臺(tái)高筑的公司開(kāi)始把目光聚焦到海外業(yè)務(wù)。?

The debt-ridden company has started to focus its eyesight on overseas operations. ?避免Chinglish！

（參考翻譯：The debt-ridden firm is starting to shift its focus to overseas operations. ）

2）結(jié)合自己的生活、學(xué)習(xí)、工作、興趣等，想象在什么語(yǔ)境下會(huì)用到這個(gè)表達(dá)。先簡(jiǎn)要描述這個(gè)場(chǎng)景，再造句。

場(chǎng)景：我不喜歡有許多丑聞的人。

造句：I don't like a scandal-ridden person.?