People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動(dòng)物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒(méi)有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
pron. 他[她,它]們自己;他們親自;“himself”的復(fù)數(shù);“herself”的復(fù)數(shù);
?? them他們+selves自己的復(fù)數(shù) → 他們自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我們所有的警察都接受過(guò)自衛(wèi)訓(xùn)練,能夠?qū)Ω冻值兑u擊。
近義:herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
adj. 破產(chǎn)的,倒閉的;完全缺乏的;(名譽(yù))掃地的,(智力等)完全喪失的;垮了的,枯竭的;
n. 破產(chǎn)者;無(wú)力償還債務(wù)者;喪失(名譽(yù),智力等)的人;
vt. 使破產(chǎn),使枯竭,使極端貧困;
?? bank柜臺(tái)+rupt斷裂→柜臺(tái)斷了→破產(chǎn)了 →破產(chǎn)的
"The company was adjudged bankrupt."
該公司被宣判破產(chǎn)。
近義:break, impecunious, insolvent, penniless, skint, broke
making
['mek??]
n. 制造;產(chǎn)生的過(guò)程;成功改進(jìn)的手段;原料,材料;
v. “make”的現(xiàn)在分詞;
"The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her children."
這位老太太忙著為孩子們做衣服.
近義:manufacture, preparation, workmanship, confection, construct, construction
adv. 立刻,馬上;一會(huì)兒,不久;快;寧愿;
?? 速(諧音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來(lái)。
近義:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反義:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore