When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
?? 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(dòng)物放養(yǎng)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
int. 請(qǐng);
vt.& vi. 使高興;使?jié)M意;討人喜歡;討好;
?? please(please)→取悅;使高興;喜歡;愿意;請(qǐng)
"Please be quiet. I have to study the book for a test tomorrow."
請(qǐng)不要說話了, 明天要考試,我得看書.
近義:humor, oblige, pleasure, recompense, recreate, repay
反義:undeceive, disenthrall, disappoint, discontent, dishearten, dissatisfy
adv. 通常,經(jīng)常,平常,慣常地;一直,向來;動(dòng)不動(dòng),一般;素;
?? usual通常的+ly副詞后綴→通常地,慣常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常認(rèn)為,蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀(jì)發(fā)明的。
近義:invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反義:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
vt. 模仿,效仿;仿造,偽造;
?? imit想象,相象+ate做→做得相象→模仿
"Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences."
有些鸚鵡能模仿(人的)聲音,還能學(xué)人說一些單詞和句子.
近義:ape, mimic, parody, travesty, burlesque, copy
adj. 自由的;免費(fèi)的;免稅的;空閑的;
adv. 免費(fèi)地;自由地,無拘束地;一帆風(fēng)順地;
vt. 免除;釋放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我讓他在這件事情上放手干.
近義:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反義:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew