Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

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corporation [,k?rp?'re??n] 詞頻2 詞根: corp
n. 公司;法人;社團(tuán),團(tuán)體;〈口〉(凸出的)大肚子;
?? corpor身體,團(tuán)體+ation表名詞 → 公司,團(tuán)體
"News Corporation was headquartered in Sydney."
新聞集團(tuán)的總部設(shè)在悉尼。
近義:institution, association, merging, partnership, society, business 反義:individual
ingenious [?n'd?in??s] 詞頻3 詞根: in
adj. 靈巧的;精巧的;設(shè)計(jì)獨(dú)特的;有天才的,聰明的;
?? in內(nèi)+geni出生,產(chǎn)生+ous形容詞后綴→自?xún)?nèi)心產(chǎn)生→聰明的
"ingenious ways of saving energy"
節(jié)約能源的巧妙方法
近義:inventive, keen, astute, nifty, penetrating, piercing
device [d?'va?s] 詞頻2
n. 裝置,設(shè)備;方法;策略;手段;
?? de(dis-=apart)+vice(see)→發(fā)明物;圖案;策略
"Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game."
游戲者用游戲桿之類(lèi)的觸覺(jué)設(shè)備玩游戲。
近義:motto, apparatus, appliance, implement, jigger, artefact
individual [,?nd?'v?d?u?l] 詞頻1 詞根: in
adj. 個(gè)人的;獨(dú)特的;個(gè)別的; n. 個(gè)人;個(gè)體;
?? in加強(qiáng)+di分開(kāi)+vid分開(kāi)+ual...的→與別人分開(kāi)的→個(gè)人的,個(gè)體的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就業(yè),即停發(fā)福利救濟(jì)。
近義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke 反義:assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
profit ['prɑf?t] 詞頻1 詞根: fac
n. 收益,得益;利潤(rùn);紅利;凈值利潤(rùn)率; vt. 有益于…,對(duì)…有益的;得益;創(chuàng)利潤(rùn); vi. 有益;獲利;
?? pro很多…+fit做→做很多→做得好→利潤(rùn),收益
"What level of profit do you envisage?"
你預(yù)計(jì)會(huì)有什么樣的利潤(rùn)水平?
近義:reap, usufruct, benefit, improve, avail, advantage 反義:loss
responsibility [r?,spɑns?'b?l?ti] 詞頻2 詞根: spond
n. 責(zé)任;職責(zé);責(zé)任感,責(zé)任心;負(fù)責(zé)任;
?? re 再、重復(fù) + spons承諾 + ibility 抽象名詞 → n. (U)責(zé)任,責(zé)任心; 職責(zé),義務(wù)
"The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident."
法院宣告他對(duì)該事故不負(fù)任何責(zé)任。
近義:obligation, obstriction, onus, commitment, duty, function 反義:flippancy, authorization, permission

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