It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought.
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adj. 堅固的,堅牢的;堅定的,堅決的;嚴格的;確定的;
vt.& vi. 使堅固;使堅實;
n. 商號,商行;公司;企業;工作集體;
adv. 堅定地,穩固地;
vt. 使堅定,使牢固;
vi. 變堅實,變穩固;
?? firm =firm,表示”堅定,堅固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
這家公司現在已與當地一家公司合并了。
近義:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反義:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 胡說,廢話;荒謬的念頭;愚蠢的行為;胡鬧;
adj. 無意義的;荒謬的;
int. 荒唐;
?? non無+sense感覺,意義→無意義
"Reports that he has resigned are nonsense."
有關他已經辭職的報道是無稽之談。
近義:hogwash, applesauce, muddleheadedness, absurdity, pedantry, poppycock
反義:judgement, judgment, reasonableness, sageness, sanity, sensibleness
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
n. 事件,形勢;東西,事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義:item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
n. 錨;錨狀物;靠山;壓陣隊員;
vt. 拋錨,拋錨泊船;使固定,使穩固;使穩定;在…任節目主持人;
vi. 拋錨,停泊;固定;[體]任主要運動員;主持節目;
adj. 最后一棒的,末捧的;
?? 俺渴(諧音): 拋錨 停泊,讓俺喝點水 叔叔(uncle)會 拋錨(anchor) anchor-ankle:船的 踝部固定躺身
"to drop anchor"
拋錨
近義:hold, moor, attach, base, secure, tie
反義:loose, loosen, release, remove, unbind, unbuckle
n. 思想;想法;關心;思索;
v. 想( think的過去式和過去分詞);思索;以為;認為;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義:idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering
反義:unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling