I'd the upbringing a nun would envy and that's the truth. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.
— Joe Orton
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n. 嫉妒，妒忌;羨慕;
vi. 感到妒忌;顯示出妒忌;
?? en使+vy=vid看到別人→妒忌
"I don't envy your journey in this bad weather."
我并不羨慕你在這樣惡劣的天氣里旅行.
近義：begrudge, covet, grudge, heartburning, jealousy, enviousness
反義：scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate, downplay
n. 真理;真相，事實;忠實，忠誠;現實，現實性;
?? tru相信，真實+th抽象名詞 →事實，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 熟悉的;通曉的;冒昧的;隨便的;
n. 常客，密友;高級官吏的家屬;[天主]教皇[主教]的仆人;
?? famili=family家庭+ar...的 →熟悉的
"The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline."
帝國大廈是人們熟悉的紐約高樓大廈中的地標。
近義：known, acknowledged, intimate, near, close, friendly
反義：obscure, odd, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
upbringing
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n. 養(yǎng)育，培養(yǎng)，教養(yǎng);家教;
"to have had a sheltered upbringing"
受到呵護的養(yǎng)育
近義：background, schooling, training, breeding, education, formation
prep. 到…為止;在…以前;
conj. 到…為止，在…以前;直到…才;
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些證據以后才提出控告。
近義：till, to, unto
n. 身體;尸體;團體;物體;
vt. 賦予形體;
?? 象形: o byd 身體
"They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves."
他們發(fā)現尸體被埋在一堆樹葉下面。
近義：object, soma, bodywork, chassis, fuselage, association
反義：lifeblood, atman, psyche, spirit, anima