Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.
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adj. 當代的,現代的;同時代的,同屬一個時期的;
n. 同代人;同輩人;同齡人;當代人;
?? con共同+tempor時間+ary...的→同時代的
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言,他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義:coeval, present, simultaneous, coetaneous, coexistent, coexisting
反義:impromptu, improvised, kludgy, scratch, unrehearsed, unscripted
n. 觀念,概念;觀點;思想,設想,想法;總的印象;
?? con共同+cept掌握→能共同掌握的→概念,設計
"the concept of social class"
社會等級的概念
近義:idea, knowledge, notion, thought, understanding, belief
反義:imprecision, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstruction, misinterpretation
n. 美國人;美洲人; 美國英語;
adj. 美國的 ;美洲的;地道美國式的;
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整潔體面的典型美國男孩
近義:us
adv. 足夠地,充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足夠的;
n. 充分,足夠;滿足;
int. 夠了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他們怎樣來為此籌集足夠的資金 呢 ?
近義:sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反義:inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
vt. 抓住;了解;急忙抓住;急切(或貪婪)地抓住;
n. 控制;控制力;能力所及;
vi. 攫取(常與 at 連用);急于接受;急切地尋求(常與 for 連用);
?? 狗拉屎”(諧音)怕 抓住 網友:tom Qin Xiao 補充:因為grasp(抓住)一根grass(小草),才沒掉下山崖。 抓住草(gras) 皮(p). 網
"The bag was wrenched from her grasp."
那只包從她緊握的手里被奪了出來。
近義:hold, apprehend, arrest, nab, seize, snatch
反義:unhand
adj. 能夠的;有能力的;有才干的;干練的;
?? 阿(a)爸(b)樂(le)是 有能力的表現 網友:悟理 agitate 英語天才 補充:一個(a)有能力的伯樂(b le) 背英語AB快樂的人是有能力的
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干這項工作你得會說法語。
近義:apt, artful, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled
反義:heavy, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, oafish, awkward