Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.
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n. 抱負;渴望得到的東西;追求的目標;夙愿;
vt. 追求;有…野心;
?? amb大+it行走+ion名詞后綴→走大步→雄心,志向
"She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer."
她一直未能實現(xiàn)當名作家的夙愿。
近義:covet, dream, moneygrubbing, avarice, avidity, avidness
反義:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
n. 姿勢;看法; 態(tài)度;立場;
vt. 做出某種姿勢;
?? pos放置,擺放+ture名詞后綴→ 擺出的姿勢→ 姿勢,姿態(tài)
"The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence."
政府在獨立這一問題上采取了毫不妥協(xié)的態(tài)度.
近義:attitudinize, dramatize, exaggerate, attitude, pose, position
adv. 常常;經(jīng)常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of), 經(jīng)常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義:manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
prep. 在…上面;當…時候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是國王賜給他的頭銜。
近義:above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er
climbing
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a. 攀緣而登的, 上升的\\nn. 攀登
近義:ascension, ascent, mounting, scaling, acclivity, escalade
反義:lowering, dropping, comedown, decline, decrease, decrement