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
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
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
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
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
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
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