n. 愉快;娛樂;令人高興的事;
vt. 使高興;使?jié)M意;
vi. 覺得高興,享受;尋歡作樂;
?? pleas=please令人高興的+ure名詞后綴,表行為、狀態(tài) →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孫子和孫女們在晚年的時候給了他最大的歡樂.
近義:please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反義:indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
vt. 提出;介紹;引進(jìn);作為…的開頭;
?? intro向內(nèi),入內(nèi)+duce引→引進(jìn)→引入,介紹
"Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her."
他借酒壯膽,走上前去向她作自我介紹。
近義:incase, insert, stick, launch, market, release
反義:remove, draw, extract
n. 說話者;演講者,發(fā)言人;講某種語言的人;揚(yáng)聲器;
"The speaker got a hostile reception from the audience."
演講人遭到了聽眾喝倒彩。
近義:interlocutor, lecturer, orator, prelector, spokesman, teller