Beggars almost sell themselves as human being to arouse the pity of passers-by.
好像只有流浪漢是個例外,乞丐出售的幾乎是他本人,以引起過路人的憐憫。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 幾乎,差不多;將近;快要;近乎;
?? al(all)+most→差不多;幾乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜歡。
近義:about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反義:liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
pron. 他[她,它]們自己;他們親自;“himself”的復數;“herself”的復數;
?? them他們+selves自己的復數 → 他們自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我們所有的警察都接受過自衛訓練,能夠對付持刀襲擊。
近義:herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
human
['hjum?n]
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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
vt. 引起;喚醒;激起性欲;使行動起來;
?? a(intensive 加強語氣)+rouse(喚醒;奮起)→喚起,激起
"Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people."
他們的迫害只激起人民對他們的反抗.
近義:awake, awaken, revive, wake, waken, inspire
反義:heal, hush, appease, lighten, lull, assuage
vt.& vi. 賣,售;使好賣;使接受,使贊成;銷售;
vt. 經銷;推銷;出賣;欺騙;
n. 銷售;欺騙;失望;推銷術;
vi. 賣;出售;受歡迎;有銷路;
"Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car."
在當地報紙登一則廣告來出售你的汽車。
近義:merchandise, merchandize, retail, vend, flog, expend
反義:obtain, procure, purchase, secure, acquire, get