The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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vt.& vi. 比較,對照;
vt. 比擬,喻為;[語]構成;
vi. 相比,匹敵;比較,區(qū)別;比擬(常與to連用);
n. 比較;
?? com共同+pare=par平等 → 平等放在一起 → 對照;比較
"It is interesting to compare their situation and ours."
把他們的狀況與我們的相比很有意思。
近義:liken, associate, relate, check, collate, colligate
反義:outmatch, excel
n. 玫瑰;粉紅色;薔薇(花);粉紅色的葡萄酒;
adj. 玫瑰花的;玫瑰色的;粉紅色的;帶有玫瑰香味的;
vt. 使成玫瑰色,使(面頰)發(fā)紅;使有玫瑰香味;
v. 起義( rise的過去式);升起;(數(shù)量)增加;休會;
?? roseo-, ros- 表”玫瑰色”
"Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out."
人們講話的聲音越來越大,蓋過了他的聲音。
近義:pink, rosiness, showerhead, rosa, pinky, roseate
vt. 復述,背誦;重復;
vi. 重做;重復投票;
n. (節(jié)目)重演;重復;重復的事物;
?? re(again)+peat(to seek)→重復;跟著說;重播
"Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam."
電視體育解說員說來說去就是那么幾句話,令人厭煩.
近義:ingeminate, iterate, overemphasize, pound, reaffirm, redo
adv. 可能地;也許,或許;敢是;容許;
?? poss可能+ibly...地→可能地;也許
"It was possibly their worst performance ever."
這也許是他們迄今為止最糟糕的表現(xiàn)。
近義:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, presumably, probably
反義:assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
n. 傻瓜,笨蛋;白癡;
?? idio特殊的,個人的+t→ 特殊的,無知的人 → 白癡,傻子
"He was a blithering idiot ."
他是個十足的傻瓜。
近義:imbecile, jackass, jerk, loggerhead, madcap, ass
反義:ingenious, intelligent, inventive, argute, knowing, astute
n. 第一,最初;頭等;一號,;[樂]高音部;
adv. 最早,最初;首次;寧愿;優(yōu)先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的,最早的;基本的,概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
?? 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上,訓練
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的論文《論自戀》中首次提到了這個概念.
近義:initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反義:hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost