It never pays to deal with the flyweights of the world. They take far too much pleasure in thwarting you at every turn.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯,幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 愉快;娛樂;令人高興的事;
vt. 使高興;使滿意;
vi. 覺得高興,享受;尋歡作樂;
?? pleas=please令人高興的+ure名詞后綴,表行為、狀態 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孫子和孫女們在晚年的時候給了他最大的歡樂.
近義:please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反義:indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
vt. [牌戲]分;分配;經營;施予;
n. (一筆)交易;許多;待遇;發牌;
vi. 論述;(有效地或成功地)處理;懲處;交易;
adj. 冷杉木制的,松木制的;
"Don't worry; the deal was completely above board."
別擔心,交易是完全合法的。
近義:give, behave, act, demean, deport, negotiation
反義:object, rebut, vary, differ, disaccord, disagree
n. 世界;地球;領域;塵世;
?? 一句(l)話(word)講出 世界的本質
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里,他是她唯一的守護神。
近義:humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
vt. 拿,取;采取;接受(禮物等);耗費(時間等);
vi. 拿;獲得;
n. 鏡頭;看法;收入額;場景;
"Students will normally take three A2 subjects."
學生通常要選三門A2證書考試科目。
近義:apprehend, keep, nab, receive, seize, snatch
反義:transfer, cede, give, reject, snub, spurn
vt.& vi. 使轉動;旋轉;使改變方向;使不適;
vt. 使變酸;使變換;使變為;
n. 翻轉;(路線或方向的)改變;機會;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府對核能的態度來了個180度的大轉變。
近義:loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend
反義:reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist