Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑媽待傭人在當(dāng)時(shí)算是開明的，從來不讓傭人每天工作超過8小時(shí)，但他們很難使她稱心如意。
新概念英語第三冊(cè)
Lesson 49 The ideal servant
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
policy
['pɑl?si]
詞頻4
詞根: polis
n. 政策;策略;保險(xiǎn)單;策略性;
?? polic國家，城市+ y名詞后綴→ 管理國家的 → 政策
"Did the people at large approve of the government's policy?"
一般老百姓贊成政府的政策 嗎 ?
近義：program, law, norm, ordinance, rule, statute
adj. 家庭的，家的;國內(nèi)的;馴養(yǎng)的;熱心家務(wù)的;
n. 傭人;國貨;
?? domes=house屋，家+tic...的→家里的；國內(nèi)的
"women's liberation from the bondage of domestic life"
女性從家庭生活束縛中的解脫
近義：manservant, servant, home, house, household, familial
反義：indomitable, mountain, rebel, barbarian, ruthless, tameless
adv. 極端地;非常，很;去;絕;
?? extreme極端的+ly表副詞 →過分地
"The payment offered to the rank and file is extremely poor."
列兵的待遇極低.
近義：highly, hugely, immensely, inordinately, magnificently, mighty
反義：incompletely, nearly, poorly, barely, scantily, scarce
adj. 困難的;難做的;難解的;不易相處的;
?? dif不+fic做+ult表名詞→不好做→困難的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說是一種很難掌握的藝術(shù)形式。
近義：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反義：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
int. 請(qǐng);
vt.& vi. 使高興;使?jié)M意;討人喜歡;討好;
?? please(please)→取悅；使高興；喜歡；愿意；請(qǐng)
"Please be quiet. I have to study the book for a test tomorrow."
請(qǐng)不要說話了, 明天要考試,我得看書.
近義：humor, oblige, pleasure, recompense, recreate, repay
反義：undeceive, disenthrall, disappoint, discontent, dishearten, dissatisfy