Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.
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adj. 令人難于忍受的;難堪的;令人厭煩的;
v. 試圖( try的現(xiàn)在分詞);試驗，嘗試;審訊;
?? try(考驗)+ing(形容詞后綴)→難堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
試圖重返歌壇的已經(jīng)上了年紀的流行音樂歌星
近義：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. （食品）保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持，保養(yǎng);供養(yǎng)，撫養(yǎng);生活，生計;飼料；牧草;
"Social services keep lists of at-risk children ."
社工組織保留有在家里可能遭受傷害的孩子名單。
近義：hold, husband, maintain, reserve, retain, save
反義：transfer, cede, give, transgress, trespass, violate
adj. 確信的，確實的;有把握的;無疑的;一定的;
adv. 當(dāng)然;確實地;無疑地;
"Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard."
務(wù)必使擱架與櫥柜頂端對齊。
近義：inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indefectible, indisputable, indubitable
反義：hesitant, hesitative, imprecise, improbable, inconclusive, indecisive