Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 功用，效用;有用的物體或器械;公用事業(yè)公司;公用事業(yè);
adj. 有多種用途的;各種工作都會做的;能在數(shù)個位置作替補的;為獲得經(jīng)濟價值而飼養(yǎng);
?? ut用+ility名詞后綴，狀態(tài)→公用事業(yè)；有用
"A fur coat has more utility in winter than in autumn."
毛皮外衣在冬天比在秋天更有用.
近義：helpfulness, profitableness, purposefulness, service, serviceability, serviceableness
反義：incompetence, ineffectiveness, otiosity, pointlessness, unusefulness, fruitlessness
n. 電話;電話機;（電話機的）話筒;受話器;
vt.& vi. 以電話傳送（消息），給（某人）打電話;用電話與（某人）交談;
?? tele遠，傳送+phone聲音→遠方聲音傳過來 → 電話
"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."
電話剛才壞了, 但現(xiàn)在可以用了.
近義：phone, call, blower, telephonic
n. 奢侈，豪華;奢侈品，美食，美衣;樂趣，享受;不常有的樂趣（或享受、優(yōu)勢）;
adj. 奢華的，豪華的;
?? luxu+ry(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→奢侈（品）
"a luxury cruise liner"
豪華郵輪
近義：sumptuosity, sumptuousness, costliness, dressiness
反義：homeliness, ingenuousness, innocence, artlessness, naivete, naivety
pron. 沒有人，沒有一人;沒有一個;沒有一部分，沒有一點;
adv. 根本不;無法，絕不;
?? n(not)+one→毫無；無人；無物；毫不
"None of the passengers and crew were injured."
沒有一個乘客和機組人員受傷。
近義：naught, nobody, nothing, nought, aught, any
opulence
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n. 富裕, 豐富, 大量
近義：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
反義：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
n. 天堂;伊甸園;樂園;極樂;
?? 怕了待死（諧音）：上 天堂 游行(parade)隊伍是(is) 天堂
"The ancient Egyptians saw paradise as an idealized version of their own lives."
古埃及人把天堂視為他們現(xiàn)實生活的理想形式。
近義：heaven
反義：inferno, hades