No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
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adj. 孤獨的,孤單的;寂寞的;荒涼的,幽靜的;在孤單中度過的;
?? lone孤獨的 + ly ...的 → a.孤獨的;荒涼的;寂寞的
"She lives alone and often feels lonely."
她孑然一身,常感到寂寞。
近義:lone, lonesome, reclusive, secluded, solitary
vt.& vi. 收到;接到;接納;接待;
vt. 接收;受理;歡迎;承受;
vi. 接到,獲得;接見,歡迎;[電子學] 接收;[橄欖球] 接球;
?? re一再,重新+ceive抓→全部→發覺→接受;收到
"It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's study."
學習得到好評是令人鼓舞的.
近義:get, welcome, greet, accept, take, inherit
反義:mail, remit, ship, transfer, issue, consign
frightened
['fra?tnd]
adj. 害怕的;受驚的;
v. (使)驚恐( frighten的過去式和過去分詞);嚇唬;
?? fright驚恐+en表動詞 + ed...的→ 受驚的, 受恐嚇的
"Survivors waited for the rescue boats, dazed and frightened."
生還者不知所措,心有余悸,等待著救援船只。
近義:appalled, apprehensive, petrified, awed, awestricken, awestruck
adj. 單獨的;獨一無二的;獨自的;
adv. 單獨地;獨自地;孤獨地;只,只有;
?? al(all)+one→單獨的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到獨自旅行的情景就害怕。
近義:isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反義:joint
n. 事件;(討論、考慮等的)問題;重要性;物質;
vi. 要緊,重要;化膿;有重大影響;有重要性;
"Now we come to the crux of the matter ."
現在我們來談問題的癥結。
近義:import, signify, weigh, count, amount, issue
n. 出生;分娩;起源;出身;
?? b(分芽)+i(水)+r(分叉)+h(枝體)+t(大樹):種子在水滋潤下發芽分叉最終成為枝體茂盛的大樹- 出生
"Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate."
有幾個因素已被援引來說明出生率降低的原因。
近義:childbirth, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin
反義:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end