The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.
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n. [天]行星;[占星](左右人命運的)星相;
?? plano-, plan-, -plany, -plania 表”被動的漂流,閑逛”
"the planet Earth"
地球這顆行星
近義:planetary
adj. 絕望的;由絕望而引起的;鋌而走險的,孤注一擲的;急切的,極度渴望的;
?? de去掉+sper希望+ate動詞后綴→去掉希望→絕望的
"The prisoners grew increasingly desperate."
犯人因絕望而越來越膽大妄為。
近義:hopeless, overcome, despairful, despairing, despondent, excessive
反義:idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 危險;冒險;
vt. 置…于危險中;危及;
?? peri, piri 表穿過,通過,嘗試#詞根助記:peri+il→嘗試→冒險
"The country's economy is now in grave peril."
現(xiàn)在,這個國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)陷入了嚴(yán)重危機(jī)。
近義:hazard, jeopardy, parlousness, perilousness, risk, riskiness
n. 動物,獸,牲畜;<俚>家畜,牲口;<俚>畜生(一般的人);獸性;
adj. 動物的;肉體的;肉欲的;
?? anim生命,精神+al名詞后綴→有生命的東西→動物
"I have an allergy to animal hair."
我對動物毛過敏。
近義:beast, crittur, creature, critter, physical, beastly
反義:vegetal
adj. 精神的;心靈的;高尚的,崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌(尤指美國南部黑人的);教會事物;
?? spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的;宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首轉(zhuǎn)為會眾集體跟唱的靈歌
近義:unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反義:worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
adj. 相等的,相當(dāng)?shù)?,等效?等價的,等積的;[化學(xué)]當(dāng)量的;
n. 對等物;[化學(xué)]當(dāng)量;
?? equi相等,平均+val力量+ent形容詞后綴→力量平等→相等的,等價的
"Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles."
八公里約等于五英里。
近義:match, counterpart, equal, identical, indistinct, interchangeable
反義:heterogeneous, inharmonious, irregular, assorted, asymmetric, asymmetrical