An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.
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adj. 卓越的;杰出的;優秀的;太好了;
?? ex離開+cell監獄+ent...的→品德優秀的人離監獄很遠 →杰出的
"For a car of this size the lock is excellent."
對于這種大小的車子來說,這剎車要算很好了.
近義：marvelous, wonderful, magnificent, outstanding, prime, select
反義：lousy, abysmal, punk, rotten, terrible, worse
adj. 活（著）的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 經濟學家，經濟專家;
?? eco =house 家,居住的地方#詞根助記：eco家+nom管理=管理家=節約,經濟
"a disciple of the economist John Maynard Keynes"
經濟學家約翰?梅納德?凱恩斯的信徒
scalpel
[sk?l'p?l]
n. 外科手術刀;
"This is the scalpel which Norman Bethune used in those days."
這是當年白求恩大夫用的手術刀.
近義：lancet, bistoury
adj. 粗糙的，崎嶇不平的;粗魯的;狂暴的，洶涌的;未經加工的;
vt. 粗暴地對待;使粗糙;草擬;
n. 粗糙的部分;艱難，苦難;（高爾夫球場的）深草區;
adv. 粗暴地;
vi. 舉止粗野;
?? rough(rag破布): 粗糙的 網友：馬 勝 敏 補充：1：吃完肉（ro）、喝完杯（u）里的酒后，哥哥（g）粗魯的搖晃著杯子
"These rough roads soon wore the tread of motorcycle tires off."
這些崎嶇不平的路很快就把摩托車輪胎磨平了.
近義：insult, maltreat, mistreat, offend, outrage, abuse
反義：obtuse, contusive, dull, dulled, edgeless, matched
lancet
['lɑ:nsit, l?n-]
n. 柳葉刀;刺血針;口針;
"The nurse pierced the skin of the boy with a lancet."
護士用刺血針刺入男孩的皮膚.
近義：scalpel, bistoury