A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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n. (指成年女子,有些人尤其是長者認為這樣說比較禮貌)女士;(不尊重的非正式稱呼)女人;(在英國對女貴族或貴族成員的妻子女兒或爵士妻子的稱呼)夫人;舉止文雅且有教養的女子;
?? lad+y(表示人的名詞后綴)→女士;淑女
"She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth."
她試演了麥克佩斯夫人的角色。
近義:ma'am, madam, mrs., ms., woman, ms
反義:gentleman
n. 想像,想像力;空想,妄想;想像出來的事物;
?? imagin=imagine想象+ation表名詞 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的產物
近義:imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream
反義:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
adj. 快速的;[攝]感光快的;險峻的;
n. 急流;高速交通工具,高速交通網;
?? rap-, rav- Rap,rapt,rav=snatch,表示”捕,奪”#詞根助記:搶奪時速度必然很快
"Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves."
用水量的增加導致了地下水貯備迅速枯竭.
近義:riffle, shoot, stream, quick, accelerated, smart
n. 欽佩,贊美;引人贊美的人或物;懷著對…的贊美;
?? ad 一再 + mir 驚奇,看 + ation 表示行為、情況 → n.欽佩, 贊美, 羨慕
"I have great admiration for her as a writer."
我十分欽佩她這位作家。
近義:astonishment, wonder, wonderment, regard, respect, esteem
反義:aboulia, apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indolence, informality
matrimony
['m?tr?moni]
n. 結婚,婚姻生活;
?? mater(mother)+mony(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→婚姻;婚姻關系
"Outside the regenerative and ennobling pale of matrimony, he used her body."
他在有傳宗接代意義的莊嚴的婚姻關系以外, 蹂躪了她.
近義:marriage, nuptial, nuptials, wedding, wedlock, betrothal
反義:separation
n. 瞬間,片刻;時刻;重要,緊要;[物]力矩;
?? mom(move)+ent(名詞后綴)→瞬間;片刻;重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出現在舞臺上, 觀眾們個個笑得前俯后仰.
近義:instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反義:immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife