who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire----
他們能夠恣意妄為，能染指一切追求的目標。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 46 Hobbies
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 反復無常;任性的想法;隨想曲;充滿幻想力的作品;
?? capr山羊+ice名詞后綴 → 突變；任性
"Don't act on caprice. Study your problem."
不要任性行事, 研究一下自己的問題.
近義：idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, longing, whim, whimsy, quirk
adv. 幾乎，差不多;將近;快要;近乎;
?? al(all)+most→差不多；幾乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜歡。
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反義：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
n. 物體;目標;賓語;客體，對象;
?? ob反+ject投擲，扔→反著扔→反對，引申為扔向目標 → 物體；目標v. 反對
"A rock is an inanimate object."
巖石是無生命的物體。
近義：oppose, protest, recalcitrate, remonstrate, resist, conflict
反義：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge
vt. 使高興;使滿意;
"He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity."
他做那事是要滿足他女友的虛榮心.
近義：humor, oblige, please, recompense, repay, reward
反義：penalise, penalize, reprehend, scourge, smite, thrash
vt. 希望;渴望;要求;請求;
n. 愿望;欲望;希望;請求;
vi. 有希望;期望;愿望;想望;
?? de(德)+sir(先生)+e(鵝):德國先生 渴望得到鵝 網友：wangqidong 補充：de(得到)sire(閣下)的愿望
"a burning desire to win"
取勝的迫切愿望
近義：wish, intend, like, mean, want, will
反義：quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, waive, abandon