for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation.
對這種人來說,多一種新的樂趣、多一種新的刺激只是增加一分厭膩而已。
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. 愉快;娛樂;令人高興的事;
vt. 使高興;使滿意;
vi. 覺得高興,享受;尋歡作樂;
?? pleas=please令人高興的+ure名詞后綴,表行為、狀態 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孫子和孫女們在晚年的時候給了他最大的歡樂.
近義:please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反義:indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
n. 興奮,激動;令人興奮的事;刺激,振奮;
?? ex加強+cite喚起+ment表名詞→刺激,激動,興奮;令人興奮的事
"The excitement at the start of a race can really get the adrenalin flowing ."
起跑時的激動確實能使人熱血沸騰。
近義:furore, anxiety, anxiousness, heat, impetuosity, apprehension
反義:imperturbability, pax, peace, peacefulness, quiet, quietness
adj. 額外的,附加的;另外的,追加的;補充;外加;
?? add增加 + ition表行為,后果 + al 具有...性質的 → a.附加的,追加的
"It is necessary to set down these additional rules."
有必要制定這些補充規則.
近義:auxiliary, secondary, side, spare, accessorial, accessory
反義:inherent, medullary, overriding, pithy, pivotal, primal
n. 飽食;飽滿;飽享;厭膩;
"Hunting is usually initiated by hunger and stopped by satiation."
追逐現象通常是由饑餓所引起的,并由于飽食而停止.
近義:repleteness, repletion, satiety, saturation, surfeit, fullness
反義:hunger, stomach, taste