As long as humanity has been human, it has looked toward the heavens and dreamed that some day, some way, there would be giant federal contracts involved.

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humanity [hj?'m?n?ti] 詞頻2 詞根: hum
n. 人類;人性;人道;人文學科;
?? human人類+ity名詞后綴 →人性,人類
"The use of H - bombs would be an outrage against humanity."
使用氫彈是違反人道的暴行.
近義:humankind, humans, man, mankind, world, civilisation 反義:heartlessness, inclemency, inhumanity, insidiousness, mercilessness, rage
human ['hjum?n] 詞頻1 詞根: hum
n. 人,人類; adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
federal ['f?d?r?l] 詞頻2 詞根: foedus
adj. 聯(lián)邦(制)的;同盟的; n. 聯(lián)邦主義者;同盟盟友;
?? feder=league聯(lián)盟+al...的 → 聯(lián)盟的,聯(lián)邦的
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
聯(lián)邦法院有某種州法院所缺乏的特別的東西.
近義:federalistic 反義:indivisible, integral, single
long [l??] 詞頻1 詞根: /l?/
adj. 長的;長時間的;冗長的,過長的;長音的; adv. 長久地;始終;遙遠地; n. 長時間,長時期;[語]長音節(jié);(服裝的)長尺寸;長褲; vi. 渴望,極想;
?? 渴望見到很 長的龍(long) 長龍(拼音long)擺尾 網(wǎng)友:顧亮亮 補充:龍很長
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我會麻醉多長時間?
近義:lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather 反義:little, minute, small, squat, slight
giant ['d?a??nt] 詞頻1
n. 巨人,大漢;巨獸,巨物;卓越人物; adj. 特大的,巨大的;偉大的;
?? 雞(gi)對于螞蟻(ant)來說是 巨人
"Once upon a time there was a giant with two heads."
從前有個兩頭巨人.
近義:behemoth, monster, colossus, jumbo, colossal, enormous 反義:midget, runt
involved [in'v?lvd]
adj. 復雜難懂的;與他人有密切關系的;受牽扯的;作為一部份參與的; v. 表明(某人參與了罪行等)(involve的過去式和過去分詞);使參與;牽涉;使專心于;
"a detailed assessment of the risks involved"
對涉及風險的詳細評估
近義:implicated, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled 反義:uncommitted, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable

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