The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be.
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adj. 本國的;土著的;天生的;天真的,純樸的;
n. 當地人;土著人;當地產的動(植)物;
?? nat出生的+ive名詞后綴 →本地人
"No government shall take away the rights of the native people."
任何政府也不能剝奪土著人的權利.
近義:indian, aborigine, creole, local, aboriginal, indigenous
反義:outlander, outsider, stranger, alien, newfangled, outlandish
n. 被捕食的動物;捕食(習性);受害者;受騙者;
vi. 捕食;(疾病等)使人慢慢衰弱;折磨;(人)靠欺詐為生;
?? prey(prey)→掠食;犧牲者;捕食;掠奪
"the relationship between predator and prey"
捕食性動物與獵物之間的關系
近義:hunt, chase, kill, quarry, sport, catch
adj. 現在的;目前的;出席的;[語法學]現在時的;
n. 現在;禮物;瞄準;
?? pres前+ent名詞后綴 → 禮物,贈送物
"a belated birthday present"
遲來的生日禮物
近義:offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反義:implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
n. 事實,實情;實際;真相,證據;犯罪行為;
"They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance."
他們坐著埋怨別人不肯給他們一個機會。
近義:particular, reality, sooth, substantiality, truth, verity
n. 陸地;國家;地產;土地;
vt.& vi. (使)登岸;降臨;使陷于(困境);使不得不應付;
vt. 自船上卸下;獲得;捕到;釣到(魚);
vi. 跳落,跌落,被拋落(地面);
"the issue of Aboriginal land rights"
澳大利亞土著土地權問題
近義:disembark, sod, terra, ground, area, lot
反義:leave, start, board, embark, welkin, empyrean
barbarism
[['bɑ:b?riz?m]]
n. 野蠻, 未開化
近義:philistinism, backwardness, barbarity, savageness, savagery, ferocity