Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.
— Ayn Rand
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?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 假日，休息日;節日;
vi. 度假，休假;
?? holi=holy神圣的+day日子 → 宗教節日 → 節日，假日
"The company offers scuba-diving as an add-on to the basic holiday price."
這家公司提供帶水肺潛水活動，不包括在基本度假費用以內。
近義：vacation, aestivate, estivate, holyday, playday, sabbath
反義：weekday, usable, workaday, exploitable
adj. 過分慷慨的;非常浪費的;過分豐富的;大量生產的;
vt. 過分給予，濫施;浪費，揮霍;慷慨地給與;
?? lav洗,沖洗+ish形容詞或動詞后綴→沖掉→浪費
"It was a lavish reception as befitted a visitor of her status."
這場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
n. 象征;標志;符號;記號;
vt. 用符號代表;
?? sym共同，相同+bol拋→共同拋出的標志→象征
"Exotic pets are the latest status symbol."
養珍禽異獸是表現社會地位的最時髦方式。
近義：mark, badge, sign, earmark, emblem, typeface
adj. 大量的，充足的;豐富的，富有的;豐足;阜;
?? ab一再+und波動+ant...的→波浪一多就溢出了→豐富的
"Fish are abundant in the lake."
湖里魚很多。
近義：abounding, lavish, lush, luxuriant, magnificent, numerous
反義：inadequate, insignificant, insufficient, lacking, meager, meagre
n. 消費;肺病;耗盡;[醫學]消耗性疾病;
?? con共同+ sumpt = take拿+ ion表名詞 →consumpt全拿完=消耗+ion表名詞→ 消耗量
"Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather."
燃氣和燃油的消耗量在天冷時總會增加。
近義：ingestion, intake, usage, use, overexertion, overstrain
反義：industry, manufacture, manufacturing, output, outturn, preparation
n. 結果;（尤指足球比賽的）勝利;[體]比分;成功實現的事;
vi. 發生，產生;歸結為，導致;后果，終結;由…而造成[產生];
?? re反問+sult跳→反回來的東西→結果
"Is personality the result of conditioning from parents and society, or are we born with it?"
個性是受父母和社會熏陶的結果，還是我們生而有之？
近義：implication, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny