One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
瑪麗最珍貴的財產之一就是丈夫送給她的一只白色小羔羊。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
prize
[pra?z]
詞頻1
詞根: prize
n. 獎賞;戰利品;值得努力爭取的東西;
vt. 珍視,珍惜;估價;
adj. 獲獎的,有望獲獎的;理應獲獎的;
?? prehend, pris 抓住,奪取,獲得#詞根助記:戰利品要靠自己抓取
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言,他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義:appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect
反義:reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay
adj. 小的;瑣碎的;嬌小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少許,一點;短時間地;
n. (表示否定)微少;沒有多少;短時間;
det. (數量上)微少的,少到幾乎沒有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的裝腔作勢令她不快。
近義:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反義:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
adj. 白色的,純潔的;無色的,透明的;白衣的;白種人的;
n. 白色;白種人;空白;白色顏料;
vt. (書寫,印刷等)留出空白處;使變白色,刷白;漂白;
"a collar and cuffs of white lace"
帶白色蕾絲花邊的衣領和袖口
近義:gubbah, gub, glair, glaire, hoary, gray
反義:inky, jet, jetty, atramentous, onyx, blacked
n. 羔羊,小羊;羔羊肉;<宗>耶穌;
vi. 生小羊,產羊羔;
?? 跛腿的(lame)的白(b) 羔羊好可憐
近義:sheep, mutton
n. 丈夫;〈英〉管家;〈古〉節儉的管理人;船舶管理人;
vt. 節儉地使用;〈罕〉做…的丈夫;
?? hus(house房子)+band(帶子-綁):結婚被房子綁著的人- 丈夫 來自hussy (輕佻的女子),和band (束縛),由這兩個單詞拼綴而成
"She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements."
她覺得她的丈夫時常貶低她的成就。
近義:keep, maintain, save, spare, conserve, economise
反義:lavish, misspend, misuse, piddle, waste, dilapidate