Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.
特別是男人，常利用空閑時(shí)間安裝壁爐、布置花園、建造車(chē)庫(kù)、制作家具。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 46 Do it yourself
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 特別;尤其;異乎尋常地;
?? particular特別的+ly...地→有自己的部分地→特別地
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英國(guó)度假對(duì)我并不特別有吸引力。
近義：namely, peculiarly, privately, properly, really, singularly
spend
[sp?nd]
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詞根: sp-
vt.& vi. 用錢(qián)，花錢(qián);
vt. 花費(fèi);消耗;花（時(shí)間）;度過(guò);
n. （為某目的或某段時(shí)間內(nèi)的）花銷(xiāo)，花費(fèi)，開(kāi)銷(xiāo);
?? s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花費(fèi)；耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的幾個(gè)孩子在電話上和朋友聊天一聊就是幾個(gè)小時(shí)。
近義：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反義：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
n. 建筑物;樓房;房屋;建筑（藝術(shù)或行業(yè)）;
v. build的現(xiàn)在分詞;
?? build建造+ing某種行為的產(chǎn)物→建筑物
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來(lái)。
近義：pile, construction, edifice, uplifting, edifying
n. 家具;設(shè)備;附屬品;
?? furni 安置+ ture表名詞→ n.家具；裝置，設(shè)備
"furniture stored in the attic"
存放在閣樓的家具
近義：housefurnishings, movables, suite, furnishings
反義：immovables, realty, estate
n. 空閑時(shí)間;閑暇;悠閑;安逸;
adj. 空閑的;閑暇的;
?? 累(lei)了當(dāng)然(sure)需要 休閑{太累了，也該歇歇了} 網(wǎng)友：yqy補(bǔ)充： lei累（諧音），sure確實(shí)：確實(shí)累了－－就休閑
"Life today is rigidly compartmentalized into work and leisure."
當(dāng)今的生活被嚴(yán)格劃分為工作和休閑兩部分。
近義：idleness, inactivity, recreation, solace, unemployment
反義：job, occupation, profession