People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

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people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族; vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
away [?'we] 詞頻1
adv. 離開,遠離;在遠處;消失; adj. 不在的;遙遠的;客場比賽;
?? a(on)+broad→在遠方;離去;不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅館里, 這些老人和往常一樣喝個不停.
近義:abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
themselves [e?m's?lvz] 詞頻1
pron. 他[她,它]們自己;他們親自;“himself”的復數;“herself”的復數;
?? them他們+selves自己的復數 → 他們自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我們所有的警察都接受過自衛(wèi)訓練,能夠對付持刀襲擊。
近義:herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
depth [d?pθ] 詞頻2 詞根: th
n. 深度;深處,深海;深奧,奧妙;進深;
?? dep=deep深的+th抽象名詞 →深度
"What's the depth of the water here?"
這兒的水有多深?
近義:profundity, deepness, inwardness, profoundness
generosity [,d??n?'rɑs?ti] 詞頻3 詞根: gen
n. 慷慨,大方;寬容或慷慨的行為;豐富;
?? gener出生,產生+osity多的狀態(tài)→多產生→慷慨
"It was a specimen of his generosity."
這是他慷慨大方的一個實例.
近義:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, longanimity 反義:meanness, miserliness, moneygrubbing, niggardliness, avariciousness, possessiveness
fond [fɑnd] 詞頻2
adj. 喜歡的;多情的;溺愛的,寵愛的;盲目輕信的;
?? 用食物(food)作凳子(n)是人們所 喜愛的
"Over the years, I have grown quite fond of her."
經過這么多年,我越來越喜歡她了。
近義:inclined, kind, kindly, loving, mellow, tender

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