[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
pickup
['p?k?p]
n. 收集;<口>搭車(者);唱機唱頭;小卡車;
adj. 臨時湊成的,偶然認識的;
?? pick撿+up向上→拾起,獲得;皮卡,敞篷小型運貨卡車
"a pickup in the housing market"
房市景氣的好轉
近義:apprehension, arrest, arresting, pinch, remand, seizure
n. 灌木(叢);[機械學](金屬)襯套;[電學](絕緣)套管;類似灌木的東西(尤指濃密的毛發或皮毛);
vi. 叢生;灌木般叢生;濃密(或茂密)地生長;生密枝;
vt. 加(金屬)襯套于;加套管于;用耙耙平(耕地);以灌木(或灌木叢)裝飾(或覆蓋、圍繞、圍住、支撐、標志、保護等);
adj. (豆科植物等)如灌木般長得低矮的;粗野的;粗魯的;粗糙但實用的;
?? 不稀(諧音):茂密的 灌木叢 布什(Bush)總統躲在 灌木叢中
"Don't beat around the bush, come straight to the point!"
別拐彎抹角, 直截了當地說吧!
近義:shrub, bushing, ferrule
riding
[['raidi?]]
n. 騎, 乘車, 乘, 騎術, 騎馬
近義:horsemanship, equestrianism, equestrianship, equitation, ride, anchorage
adj. 較好的;更合適的;能力更強的;好轉的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 勝過;上進;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我們希望明天天氣轉好。
近義:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反義:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy