There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is no greater disaster than greed.
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calamity [k?'l?m?ti] 詞頻4
n. 災(zāi)禍,災(zāi)難;不幸之事;困苦;不幸;
?? calam不幸+ity表名詞 → 災(zāi)難,不幸
"The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry."
上周的霜凍對(duì)柑橘種植業(yè)是一場(chǎng)大災(zāi)難.
近義:havoc, apocalypse, holocaust, misfortune, mishap, accident 反義:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
lavish ['l?v??] 詞頻4 詞根: lav
adj. 過分慷慨的;非常浪費(fèi)的;過分豐富的;大量生產(chǎn)的; vt. 過分給予,濫施;浪費(fèi),揮霍;慷慨地給與;
?? lav洗,沖洗+ish形容詞或動(dòng)詞后綴→沖掉→浪費(fèi)
"It was a lavish reception as befitted a visitor of her status."
這場(chǎng)鋪張的招待可算得正適合她這種身份的來訪者。
近義:squander, waste, luxuriate, abounding, highfalutin, highfaluting 反義:husband, keep, maintain, conserve, idle, immaterial
disaster [d?'z?st?] 詞頻2 詞根: astr
n. 災(zāi)難;徹底的失敗;不幸;禍患;
?? dis不+aster星→星位不正,表示有災(zāi)難 → 災(zāi)難,災(zāi)禍
"A disaster was narrowly averted."
及時(shí)防止了一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難。
近義:ruin, unsuccess, mess, failure, hecatomb, holocaust 反義:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
guilt [gilt] 詞頻3
n. 有罪,犯罪行為,罪惡;[法律] 輕罪,過失;內(nèi)疚,知罪;自責(zé);
?? 請(qǐng)注意“內(nèi)疚”一意(a feeling of guilt)
"He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt."
他有認(rèn)錯(cuò)和贖罪的機(jī)會(huì)。
近義:blame, culpability, guiltiness, criminality 反義:innocence, guiltlessness
greed [gri:d] 詞頻2 詞根: gr-
n. 貪心;貪婪;
"Greed is one of the seven deadly sins ."
貪婪是七罪宗之一。
近義:moneygrubbing, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, possessiveness 反義:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, longanimity
greater
[計(jì)] 大的
近義:larger, utmost, bigger, uttermost, veriest 反義:inferior, lower, minor, smaller, undermost

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