n. 報告;成績報告單;傳聞;流言蜚語;
vt.& vi. 報道;公布;宣告;
vt. 告發,舉報;使報到;
?? re回+port拿,帶→ 把消息、情況等帶回來→ 報告,匯報
"This report is an acknowledgement of the size of the problem."
這個報告承認了問題的嚴重性。
近義:refer, relate, tell, broadcast, communicate, convey
反義:hide, mask, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 死亡;(某種)死法,死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義:inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 夸張;夸大;夸張的言語;夸張的手法;
"Without exaggeration I can say that I hardly slept a wink."
可以毫不夸大地說,我幾乎沒有合過眼.
近義:plethora, surplus, theatricality, dramatization, excess, extralimitation