關於 achievement形容詞 ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

【一樣也不一樣】achieve、gain、acquire、garner、obtain 都是得到？

這幾天在改學術寫作作業、口說講稿、跟GRE 寫作時，不斷地改到 obtain education (正確: receive education)、gain success (正確: achieve success)、learn knowledge (正確: gain / acquire knowledge) 這樣的中式英文用法。

➠ 中文雖然也許共同是「得到」，英文還是可以有很多變化：

✔︎ achieve success 得到、取得成功
✔︎ attain happiness 得到快樂、幸福
✔︎ catch a nasty cold 得到重感冒
✔︎ contract a disease 得到一個病
✔︎ derive a sense of achievement (+from) 得到成就感
✔︎ gain knowledge 得到、學到知識
✔︎ gather courage 得到、鼓起勇氣
✔︎ garner evidence 得到證據
✔︎ glean insights 得到好的、獨特的觀點
✔︎ obtain a license 得到 / 考到一個證照
✔︎ pull off a victory 得到、取得勝利
✔︎ reap benefits 得到利益
✔︎ secure a job 得到工作
✔︎ win a gold medal 得到、贏得金牌

不管有沒有要考試，平時「提前整理」好這種中文可能都是「得到」，可是英文千變萬化的表達方式，放在腦袋裡，可以讓我們的英文更流暢、更道地。那更不用說要考TOEIC 口說寫作、TOEFL、IELTS、GRE 這些考試的同學了。

上面這一些詞組，全部都叫做搭配詞 (collocation)。如果你有興趣用這種方式學習，可以在下面留言索取我的文法、搭配詞免費公開課，或是看看我的書：

• 搭配詞的力量 <形容詞篇>
https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010792469?loc=P_asb_001

• 搭配詞的力量 <名詞篇>
https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010816308?loc=P_asb_001

如果你在準備GRE、或喜歡新聞用字、學術用字，可以看我的第三本書
https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010812647?loc=P_asb_002

林作x全職獵人久保Cover Letter Carving範例

以下範例可以作為各位寫Cover Letter的參考。

Fillture Career Coaching的客戶裏面，有工作年資尚淺的，也有工作年資超過20年的。他們也是來自於各行各業。目前來說，沒有哪一行或哪一個輩份的最多。我們不認為有最好的格式 － 每個人都會根據年齡、資歷、行業以及個人特點而有所不同。共同點，就只是幾樣：最好的英文，最清晰的表達，最真摯的情感，以及最有自我和自信的一面。下面這個Cover Letter例子，屬於我們頗為正常的一份。裡面一切的個人資訊已經被編輯，但屬於一個真實案例，客戶是來自於金融業年資少於10年的年輕人，他希望能夠到一個更大的平台，從事他這幾年來專門負責的工作，於是找了我們幫忙：

Dear Sir/ Madam,

With nearing X years of successful experience in the wealth management industry, I am firmly in the belief that the time is ripe for me to move on to what is considered one of the largest XXX in Hong Kong. I am confident that I possess the qualities necessary to thrive at such an outstanding company and in particular, become a valuable prospect as investment analyst in the Investment Department.

My investment journey as an analyst at fund distribution platforms, hedged funds and wealth management companies have honed my Top-down and Bottom-up approach as well as having personal investment conviction. Indeed, I believe the latter strength is the key to my achievement thus far – I take pride in being independent-minded, which is becoming increasingly important in this ever-expanding complex financial market. The valuable experience at XXX helped me to develop my personal market belief through mutual funds training and provided me a hands-on training in Bloomberg Terminal ( BBG).

From there, notwithstanding a tempting offer from XXX, my intention to move on to bigger and better things in mutual funds and hedge funds led me to secure a precious experience at XXX as XXX, which has provided me a perspective in practical option-trading strategies and the operational side of running a hedged fund. Throughout my time at the company, various stocks were identified and individuals’ fair value via Discount Cashflow model ( DCF ) were calculated. I provided constant economic updates to the Portfolio manager. My particularly proud achievement was to have successfully predicted that XXX would plummet significantly, a full week before it actually happened when no one in Hong Kong saw the same. This is due to my wide-than-usual horizon in terms of the information platforms I would survey. I am uniquely adept at looking into mainstream and niche mainland financial websites and other channels for the most updated information as well as gossips. This is the source of my being able to often come up with contrarian views. On the operation side of XXX, I was also responsible for calculating daily NAV to the portfolio manager.

Lastly, in my current job, being part of the investment team, my duty is to oversee the company’s XXX and set up investment outlook to our XXX. Timely reports and Top-down analysis on various economies were produced to the investment team committee and sales. Last year, I was honoured to play a notable role in securing a XXX return for the portfolio, beating the Hang Seng Index by XXX, and was rewarded to speak as the company’s sole representative on behalf of the research team at XXX 2019, which I greatly enjoyed. Finally, I personally boosted the client base by XXX, a rate well above average in the space of X months.

I look forward to having further discussions with you in an interview. Please contact me at xxx@gmail.com or at +852xxxxxxxx if you have any further enquiries about my academic background and work experience. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours faithfully,
XXX

這份 Cover Letter 的厲害之處在於幾個地方：

1. 英語的掌握能力，明顯比一般只是文法沒錯（而我們收到的初稿絕大部份甚至不會能夠做到這點）要好很多，於是句子的組織、節奏感都更像是一個native speaker。而風格上並不是死板的官方英文，有在一些位置故意地更談話feel一點，務求不虛情假意，更真摯。
2. 一些動詞和形容詞的選擇，也是讓這份看起來更加讓人印象深刻。即使內容不是很特別，給人的感受都變得更主動、更自信。
3. 要分享工作經驗，但細節留給CV。這裏是炫耀自己有多少功績的地方，要故事性地展現一些獨有的成就，無論是多大多小，給人感覺你是有自己的位置的。
4. 最後，要做一個有Edge的人。這封信有著強烈的個人定位，明顯有血有肉，知道自己的想法是什麼、態度是什麼。

我們認為，一份好的Cover Letter可以令到HR更加快過濾你，讀完之後可以理解你是一個什麼樣的求職者。甚至在腦海入面已經勾劃出你的影像、你的故事、你的目的。一份好的Cover Letter能夠立體地勾劃你，可以令到HR更加容易去和Line Manager描述、推薦你。

歡迎PM查詢此項服務，我們提供預約見面（Bespoke)，面對面溝通了解，從而雕塑出最好的你。

用一個形容詞來描述整個下午在梵谷博物館的感受，中文該說豐盈的感動和收穫，英文就是Flourished. 館內禁止拍照，所以一張都沒拍，專心地聽語音導覽。在歐洲逛了幾個博物館後，覺得這是目前碰到語音導覽做最棒的，充滿感情互動毫不馬虎。逛完所有樓層後，我又重覆聽看很喜歡的幾幅畫，和之前被忽略的非梵谷作品，真的是流連忘返。畫集連生平書冊英文版賣完，只好買法文版，以後學法文以看懂這本為目標！主要原因是梵谷從巴黎開始受到極大啟發，成為色彩主義者，又開創屬於自己的畫風，然後在法國幾個地方移動，直到去世，買法文版再適合不過。"Van Gogh Legacy~By visiting this museum, you have helped Vincent reach his another achievement", 這是語音導覽最後結語的一段，聽到這內心有好澎湃的大浪。唯一遺憾，沒看到王芸菲說的那幅黃色基底的盛開杏花樹，但是還有一幅藍天基底的Almond Blossom, 梵谷是不是畫了好幾幅盛開，一樣構圖不同色調呢？