Competition between ourselves, person against person, community against community,
然而人類之間的競爭,人與人,團(tuán)體與團(tuán)體,
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 競爭;比賽;競爭者;[生]生存競爭;
?? compet=compete競爭+ition名詞后綴 →比賽,競爭
"He was astonished to learn he'd won the competition."
他聽說他比賽贏了,感到很驚訝。
近義:joust, match, meet, race, rivalry, tournament
反義:help, assist, assistance, relief, succor, succour
n. 人;(語法)人稱;身體;容貌;
?? person-, parson- 表”人類”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。
近義:individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反義:assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記:反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成,五人反對,兩人棄權(quán)。
近義:athwart, agin
n. 社區(qū);社會團(tuán)體;共同體;[生態(tài)] 群落;
?? com共同+mun公共的+ity狀態(tài)→公共狀態(tài)→社會,社區(qū)
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
這一開發(fā)項(xiàng)目遭到了當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的憤怒抵制。
近義:aristoi, society, collectivity, group, guild, commonwealth
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
pron. “myself”的復(fù)數(shù);我們自己;(把)我們自己;
"We enjoyed ourselves immensely."
我們快活極了。
近義:us, we