1. 這是個(gè)什么詞？

詞：mold

英英釋義：to influence the way someone's character or attitudes develop

例句：Many parents hope to mold their children into hard-working and curious minds.

2. 為什么選這個(gè)詞？

“mold”可以作名詞也可以作動(dòng)詞，作名詞的意思是“模具”“類型”。它作動(dòng)詞的本意是“用模具塑造”，可以引申為“影響”“塑造”，和我們之前學(xué)過(guò)的 shape 異曲同工。我們今天學(xué)習(xí)它作動(dòng)詞的引申義，可以把它和我們熟悉和學(xué)過(guò)的 influence, impact, shape, sway 放在一起記。 需要注意的是這個(gè)詞的美式和英式拼寫(xiě)有別，mold 是美式寫(xiě)法，英式寫(xiě)法是 mould。下面我們通過(guò)幾個(gè)例子來(lái)掌握它。

這個(gè)商學(xué)院的使命是將學(xué)生培養(yǎng)/塑造成商業(yè)精明、有分析頭腦的經(jīng)理人，我們可以說(shuō)：

The mission of the business school is to mold students into business-savvy and analytical managers.

這句中的 mold something/somebody into something 是一個(gè)常用的搭配，來(lái)自動(dòng)詞本意“用模具塑造”。再比如，很多家長(zhǎng)希望能將孩子教育/塑造成勤奮、有好奇心的人，就可以說(shuō)：

Many parents hope to mold their children into hard-working and curious minds.

就如同學(xué)校的建筑會(huì)影響學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)，辦公室也會(huì)影響在里面工作的人們，可以說(shuō)：

Just as school buildings influence how students learn, so offices mold the people who work in them.

《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》一篇關(guān)于印巴關(guān)系的文章用到了 mold：

Mr Azhar himself has at various times been detained, before being quietly released to mould more jihadists.

有一期《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在 Special report 分析穆斯林在西方世界的發(fā)展，其中也用到了 mold：

This report will explore how Muslim identity has been moulded by external and internal pressures since the mass migration to the West began in the 1950s.

在同樣的 Special report 板塊中，另一篇文章中又一次出現(xiàn)了 mold：

Foreign organisations, Western governments and jihadists have all sought to speak for and mould Islam in the West, but the more established the faith becomes there, the less truck it wants with any of them.

3. 怎樣學(xué)會(huì)使用這個(gè)詞？

1）翻譯下面的句子： 特朗普慣于通過(guò)推特發(fā)表言論影響民意。

（參考翻譯：Trump is used to molding public opinion through tweets. 或 Trump is used to using tweets to mold public opinion. ）

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。

例子：

場(chǎng)景：