America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
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education [,?d?u'ke??n] 詞頻1 詞根: duc
n. 教育;教育學;培養;訓練;
?? e出+duc引導,帶來+ation行為 → 引出知識的行為 → 教育
"a special adviser to the President on education"
總統的教育特別顧問
近義:schooling, instruction, learning, background, schoolteaching, teaching 反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
professor [pr?'f?s?] 詞頻1 詞根: fess
n. 教授;(大學的)講師,教員;自稱者,宣稱者;
?? pro在前面+fess說+or人→在前面說話的人→教授
"With the words he handed Professor Wang a tube."
說著他交給王教授一個試管.
近義:instructor, master, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher, beak 反義:schoolboy, schoolchild, student, trainee, undergraduate, scholar
professional [pr?'f???nl] 詞頻2 詞根: fess
adj. 專業的;專業性的;職業的; n. 專業人士;
?? profession職業+al...的 → 職業的
"He is over the hill as a professional athlete."
作為一名職業運動員,他的巔峰時期已過.
近義:pro, occupational, vocational 反義:neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, smatterer, tyro, uninitiate
athlete ['?θlit] 詞頻4 詞根: athl
n. 運動員;體育家;強壯的人;
?? athl比賽+ete → 參加體育比賽的專業人士→ 運動員
"She is a natural athlete."
她是個天生的運動健將。
近義:jock, gymnast
average ['?v?r?d?] 詞頻1
adj. 平常的;平均的;典型的;(價值、比率等的)平均數的; n. 平均水平;(速度等的)平均率;平均估價; vt. [數學] 計算…的平均值;調和,拉平;分攤;按比例(或平均)分配(利潤等); vi. 平均:作為或達到一個中間值;維持(有利的)平均價格;
?? aver(every每個)+age(后綴):- 平均的
"a rise in average earnings"
平均收入的增加
近義:curve, mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint 反義:appreciable, memorable, notable, noted, noticeable, notorious
money ['m?ni] 詞頻1
n. 錢;財富;薪水;款項;
?? 如果亂花 錢,家長會“罵你”(諧音)
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
這筆款子是當地一位不愿透露姓名的企業家捐贈的。
近義:assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies

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