Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領工人的殊榮,此乃人之常情。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
human
['hjum?n]
詞頻1
詞根: hum
n. 人,人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
n. 自然;天性;天理;類型;
?? nat出生的+ure狀態→出生狀態→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 樂意的,愿意的;自愿的,心甘情愿的;
v. will的現在分詞;決心;用意志力驅使;
?? will愿意 + ing 名詞后綴→ 愿意的
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
雙方都不愿意妥協,問題就在這里。
近義:anxious, appetent, intentional, aspiring, minded, avid
反義:hesitant, indisposed, loath, obdurate, obstinate, averse
n. 犧牲;獻祭,供奉;犧牲行為;[宗]基督的獻身;
vt.& vi. 犧牲,把…奉獻給…;廉價賣出;犧牲,獻祭;[棒]作犧牲打;
vt. 獻祭;奉獻;犧牲;虧本出售;
?? sacri神圣+fice做,制作→為神做的東西→犧牲,犧牲品
"The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality."
這一產品的制造商向我們保證說他們沒有犧牲質量。
近義:immolate, victimize, abnegate, immolation
反義:self, selfhood, egoism, egotism