Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
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n. 賽跑;人種;競爭;民族;
v. 參加比賽;快速移動;空轉(zhuǎn);
?? 比賽跑（r=run）第一（ace，撲克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大為懊惱的是他賽跑沒獲勝.
近義：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint
反義：pace
adj. 感謝的，感激的;欣慰的;
"I was thankful to see they'd all arrived safely."
看到他們都平安到達，我感到欣慰。
近義：appreciative, indebted, pleased, welcome, beholden, grateful
反義：ingrate, unappreciative, ungrateful, unpleasant, unpleasing, unrewarding
vt. 允許;承認(rèn);給予;準(zhǔn)許（做某事）;
vi. 容許;考慮;
?? 都（all）低下（low）頭，表 同意
"His parents won't allow him to stay out late."
他的父母不會允許他在外待得很晚。
近義：license, authorize, permit, warrant, licence, commission
反義：inhibit, interdict, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit
adj. 短的，短暫的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;簡短地;橫貫地;
n. 短褲;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少給…的零頭，騙取;
vi. 短路;
?? 削頭”（諧音）削了頭人還能不 矮嗎？ 網(wǎng)友：雙木成林 補充：縮的（諧音），這樣就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說是一種很難掌握的藝術(shù)形式。
近義：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat
反義：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome
n. 絞死, 絞殺, 懸掛\\n[法] 絞刑, 絞死
近義：execution, hung, pendent, pendulous, underslung, suspended