"Recipe"? s？ Pi/, whose original meaning is "formula", can often be extended to express the "cause" and "necessary factor" leading to a certain result. In some scenes, we can use it instead of the expression of cause and result. Ying Ying's explanation: a way of doing things that can produce particle results.

Recipe is often followed by the preposition for, followed by a positive noun, such as success and happiness. At this time, the recipe can be understood as a "trick"; It can also be a noun with negative meaning, such as failure, disaster, chaos, etc.

Example:

For example, if we want to say that the key to success is to have good ideas and implement them, we can say:

A good idea combined with excellent execution is the secret of success.

(2) For example, if we want to say that we are ambitious, but ultimately doomed to failure, we can say:

Ambition without action is the secret of failure.

We often say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." In fact, we are talking about a healthy formula, that is, eating nutritious food. Then we can adapt it to:

Eating nutritious food is the secret of health.

This issue of The Economist used recipe when commenting on the mid-term elections in the United States. After the mid-term elections, the US Congress split, with Republicans and Democrats in charge of the Senate and the House of Representatives respectively. The Economist believes that this division will lead to a series of problems:

In a country where the unicameral legislature is based on population and the other is based on territory, this division is the reason for deadlock, poor governance and ultimately disillusionment with the political system itself.

(1) Look up "recipe" in the Oxford English Collocation Dictionary to find out its common collocations.

Adj)+ recipe

Verb (verb)+recipe

Recipe+? Verb (verb)?

A recipe? According to ... this dish is made according to the traditional Italian recipe. This dish is cooked in the traditional Italian way. How to make leek soup (metaphor) Living a full day is the secret of happiness. The secret of happiness is to live each day to the fullest. The secret of disaster/success leads to disaster; Secret of success

(2) Translation

The key to learning English well is to have a strong will to learn and practice. ?

A strong willingness to learn and practice is the secret of English fluency.

The secret of fluent English requires a strong willingness to learn and practice.

(3) Scenario: The reason for the bus disaster in Chongqing is that middle-aged women attacked the driver.

Make sentences:? Middle-aged women beating drivers is the cause of Chongqing bus disaster.