It never pays to deal with the flyweights of the world. They take far too much pleasure in thwarting you at every turn.

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pleasure ['ple??] 詞頻1 詞根: plac
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
deal [dil] 詞頻1
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
world [w?ld] 詞頻1
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
take [tek] 詞頻1
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
turn [t?n] 詞頻1 詞根: 扭轉
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
pays
n. 報酬(pay的復數);(法)國家

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