We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless one like moths.
我們在日常生活中,不但憎惡如蜘蛛、黃蜂之類令人討厭的昆蟲,而且憎惡并無大害的飛蛾等。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness

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從本句中提取的重要詞匯

unpleasant [?n'pl?znt] 詞頻3 詞根: plac
adj. 使人不愉快的;不合意的;討厭的;不客氣的;
?? un 不 + pleas=please快樂 + ant...的 → 令人不快的
"an unpleasant subject of conversation"
不愉快的話題
近義:antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly 反義:approachable, kind, likable, likeable, lovable, attractive
harmless ['hɑrml?s] 詞頻3
adj. 無害的,不致傷的;沒有受到損失或免于法律責任的;
?? harm傷害+less無...的 → 無害的
"It was just a piece of harmless frivolity."
這僅是無惡意的愚蠢行為。
近義:innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign 反義:hurtful, injurious, malign, malignant, negative, noxious
live [l?v] 詞頻1
vi. 生存;居住;生活,過活;在生活中得到享受; vt. 經(jīng)歷;度過;
"We cannot live without water."
沒有水我們不能生存。
近義:last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell 反義:perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart
dread [dred] 詞頻2 詞根: dr-
vt. 害怕,擔心;(古語)敬畏; n. 恐懼,畏懼;令人恐懼的事物; adj. 可怕的; vi. 十分害怕;
?? dead(死)+r(花):死人里面長出一朵花- 恐懼的
"We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes."
我們都不敢去想一旦公司關門我們該怎么辦.
近義:apprehend, fear, horripilation, horror, awe, terror
quite [kwa?t] 詞頻1
adv. 相當,很;非常;確實如此;
?? 教室非常(quite)安靜(quiet)
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
這個方案表面上看來似乎很實際.
近義:long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty 反義:incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly

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