an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
人們情愿拿出大筆的錢，也不愿畢生的心血?dú)в诖跬街帧?/div> 新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè) Lesson 14 A noble gangster

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remarkable [r?'mɑrk?bl] 詞頻2 詞根: mark
adj. 異常的，引人注目的，;卓越的;顯著的;非凡的，非常（好）的;
?? re再+mark記號(hào)，符號(hào)+able能...的→再做記號(hào)→值得注意的
"She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills."
她在寫(xiě)作技巧方面有了長(zhǎng)足進(jìn)步.
近義：illustrious, appreciable, laudable, marked, marvelous, memorable
discovery [d?'sk?v?ri] 詞頻1 詞根: discover
n. 發(fā)現(xiàn)，發(fā)覺(jué);（劇情的）發(fā)展;被發(fā)現(xiàn)的事物;[法]顯示證據(jù);
?? discover發(fā)現(xiàn)+y表名詞 →掀開(kāi) → 發(fā)現(xiàn)
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常認(rèn)為，蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀(jì)發(fā)明的。
近義：invention, strike, disclosure, find, finding
people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
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(dòng)物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒(méi)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
Englishman ['i?ɡli?m?n]
n. 英格蘭（男）人，英國(guó)（男）人;英吉利人;
"I was astonished that he was not an Englishman."
我很驚訝,他竟不是英國(guó)人.
近義：limey, briton
john [[d??n]]
n. 盥洗室, 廁所, 嫖客
近義：punter, latrine, loo, outhouse, privy, restroom

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