When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 公司,商號;作伴,伴侶,客人;連隊,中隊;(社交)集會,聚會;
?? com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名詞后綴)→交誼;伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的資金潛逃了。
近義:institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 錯誤,過失,誤解;差錯,口誤,筆誤;失策,失誤;
vt.& vi. 弄錯,誤解;
vt. 認不出;誤會;看錯;
vi. 弄錯;誤解;
?? mis錯誤,壞+take拿→拿錯→錯誤
"It has now become evident to us that a mistake has been made."
我們已經清楚出了差錯。
近義:miscalculate, misdeem, miss, confuse, fail, inaccuracy
反義:arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
v. 發現;找到;查明;發覺;
n. 發現物;被發現的人;
?? 翻的(諧音): 找東西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我們到處尋找,但仍沒能找到.
近義:learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反義:ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
pron. 我自己,親自;
"I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity."
我決不低三下四地乞求施舍。
近義:me, i
vt. 感覺;認為;觸摸;試探;
vt.& vi. 感覺,覺得;認為,以為;觸摸;
n. 感覺;觸摸;感受;觸覺;
vi. 覺得;摸索;
"I feel all achy."
我感到渾身疼痛。
近義:notice, perceive, sense, be, touch, hold
adj. 破舊的,衣衫襤褸的;卑鄙的;慳吝的;低劣的,下流的;
?? 傻B”(諧音):傻B穿破衣- 破舊的
"She wore shabby old jeans and a T-shirt."
她穿著一條破舊的牛仔褲和一件T恤衫。
近義:ragged, tattered, threadbare, torn, worn, slovenly
反義:immaculate, impeccable, nice, ordered, orderly, organised
?? W. H. Auden 的更多名言
"Acts of injustice done Between the setting and the rising sun In history lie like bones, each one."