In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
隨著時(shí)間的流逝,考科斯兄弟雇了一個(gè)盡心盡責(zé)的鬼,他們家的活大部分都讓鬼給干了,這件事成了公認(rèn)的事實(shí)。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 30 The death of a ghost
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 認(rèn)真負(fù)責(zé)的;本著良心的;謹(jǐn)慎的;正大光明;
?? con全部+sci知道+ent形容詞后綴+ious...的→知道關(guān)心多→有責(zé)任心的
"The conscientious researcher is careful to avoid up the pole and omission."
那位一絲不茍的研究人員總是小心謹(jǐn)慎地避免錯(cuò)誤或疏漏.
近義:sedulous, thorough, meticulous, pennywise, precise, workmanlike
反義:imperviable, impervious, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, incurious
n. 時(shí)間;時(shí)刻;時(shí)代;次;
vt. 為…安排時(shí)間;測(cè)定…的時(shí)間;調(diào)準(zhǔn)(機(jī)械的)速度;撥準(zhǔn)(鐘、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和諧;打拍子;
adj. 定時(shí)的;定期的;[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]分期(付款)的;
int. [體育]時(shí)間到,(一場(chǎng)或一局等的)比賽時(shí)限,暫停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能帶兩個(gè)。
近義:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
n. 事實(shí),實(shí)情;實(shí)際;真相,證據(jù);犯罪行為;
"They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance."
他們坐著埋怨別人不肯給他們一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。
近義:particular, reality, sooth, substantiality, truth, verity
n. 鬼,幽靈;(尤指可怕事物的)記憶;隱約的一點(diǎn)點(diǎn);(電視屏幕上的)重影;
vt. 悄悄地行進(jìn);
vi. 替人代筆;
?? 狗死的,鉤死他(諧音): 鬼魂 勾(g)住主人(host)- 鬼魂
"The ghost of a smile played round her lips."
她嘴角露出一絲微笑.
近義:ghostwrite, hobgoblin, apparition, imp, phantasm, phantom
vt.& vi. 使工作;使運(yùn)作;操作;使產(chǎn)生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工廠;行為,事業(yè);
vt. 使工作;操作;經(jīng)營(yíng);使緩慢前進(jìn);
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近義:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反義:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam