The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.
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adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發達的;
n. 知識分子;腦力勞動者;有極高智力的人;憑理智(而非感情)辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國人把牛津視為知識分子的樂園。
近義:highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義:ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 追趕;工作;
?? pursu=pursue追求+it名詞后綴,表抽象名詞 →追求
"He was unrelenting in his pursuit of legal mandate."
他堅決要求得到合法的托管權.
近義:hunt, hunting, inquiry, investigation, query, quest
n. 逃避;職位空缺;廢止;無效;
"There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles."
學術界小心地避開那個敏感的話題.
近義:runaround, sidestepping, dodge, escape, evasion
n. 報酬;報答;賞金;酬金;
vt. 酬謝,獎賞;報答,懲罰;
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"a reward for good behaviour"
優秀行為獎
近義:award, please, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, repay
反義:penalise, penalize, reprehend, scourge, smite, thrash