No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
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n. 水手，海員;駕船人;
?? sail航行+or名詞后綴，表示人 →水手，海員
"a lone sailor crossing the Atlantic"
獨自橫渡大西洋的人
近義：marine, mariner, seaman, swab, swob, swabby
n. 發明;發明才能;想出的辦法;發明物;
"Such a machine is beyond the contrivance of ordinary people."
這種機器是一般人發明不出來的.
近義：plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge
adv. 足夠地，充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足夠的;
n. 充分，足夠;滿足;
int. 夠了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他們怎樣來為此籌集足夠的資金 呢 ?
近義：sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反義：inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
pron. （反身代詞）他自己;（用以加強語氣）他親自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他總是覺得自己一無是處, 便企圖自殺.
近義：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself
n. 監獄;拘留所;
vt. 監禁;拘留;
?? 鐵軌(rail)被連接(j)到 監獄 “監”（諧音）獄
"She spent a year in jail."
她坐了一年牢。
近義：imprison, incarcerate, mew, prison, cage, capture
n. 船;<口>宇宙飛船;（艦船上的）全體船員;運氣;
vt.& vi. 運送;
vt. 把…裝上船;裝好（船具）;上市;使乘船;
vi. 在船上工作;乘船旅行;當船員;
?? ship（船）-sheep（綿羊）:巡洋艦
"The ship was given the all-clear to sail."
這艘船獲得了航行許可。
近義：mail, remit, send, transfer, issue, consign
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