The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

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people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族; vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
notion ['no??n] 詞根: not
n. 概念,觀念;意見,見解;奇想;打算;
?? not知道,注意+ion名詞后綴 → 見解;觀念
"They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education."
他們贊同在教育方面人人機會均等的觀念。
近義:idea, intent, judgement, judgment, knowledge, opinion 反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
satisfactory [,s?t?s'f?kt?ri] 詞頻2 詞根: sat
adj. 令人滿意的;符合要求的;[神]贖罪的;
?? satis足夠,飽足+fact做,制作+ory形容詞后綴→ 令人滿意的
"This arrangement is quite satisfactory, so far as I am concerned."
就我來說, 這樣的安排很好.
近義:appropriate, pleasing, proper, satisfying, acceptable, suitable 反義:insufficient, lacking, lousy, poor, bad, trashy
return [r?'t?n] 詞頻1 詞根: re
v. 回轉,返回;復發,又來;送還;言歸正傳; n. 歸來,返鄉;來回,匯成;贏利;統計表;
?? re回,向后+turn轉→回來,返回
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
學生于十月返校,開始新學年的學習。
近義:reappear, reenter, regress, redeliver, redintegrate, refund 反義:migrate, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, transmigrate
future ['fj?t??] 詞頻1
adj. 將來的,未來的;[語法學]將來時的; n. 前途;[美國俚語]未婚妻;期貨;
?? futur- 【拉丁傳入法語】表示將來的某種狀態
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我們都為我們自己的將來而努力工作.
近義:next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming 反義:prior
world [w?ld] 詞頻1
n. 世界;地球;領域;塵世;
?? 一句(l)話(word)講出 世界的本質
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里,他是她唯一的守護神。
近義:humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe

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