What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if it were missing, the ocean would lack something.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯,幫助你深度理解這句話
adj. 失去的;下落不明的;
v. 錯過( miss的現在分詞);
?? miss 表示“丟失”\" + ing [名詞后綴],構成抽象名詞,表示行為、狀態、情況及其他 → a.缺掉的,失去的
"The missing letter had been misfiled."
找不著的那封信放錯地方了。
近義:absent, lost, astray, mislaid, stray, departed
反義:coexistent, contemporary, current, existent, left, leftover
adj. 較少的(little的比較級);較小的;較次的,較劣的;較不重要的;
adv. 較少地,較小地;
prep. 減去;少掉;不足;
n. 較少,較小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我們的宗旨是為社會地位比較低下的人增加機會。
近義:least, lesser, minus
vt.& vi. (使)落下;投下;(使)降低;減少;
vt. 放棄;停止;(故意)降下;垂下(眼睛);
n. 滴;空投;降落;少量;
vi. (水或其他液體)滴;結束;(因受傷或死等)倒下;退出;
"to drop anchor"
拋錨
近義:tumble, loose, lower, reduce, slump, decline
反義:heave, heft, hoist, jack, lift, raise
vt. 缺乏,缺少;需要的東西;
n. 缺乏,不足,沒有;缺少的東西;
?? 辣味(la)公雞(ck)很 缺乏
"Her brain was befogged by lack of sleep."
她因缺乏睡眠而頭腦昏沉。
近義:necessitate, need, require, want, inadequacy, inefficiency
反義:lavishness, lot, luxuriance, luxuriancy, overabundance, plentifulness
?? Mother Teresa 的更多名言
"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love."