The sense of death is most in apprehension; and the poor beetle, that we tread upon, in corporal sufferance feels a pang as great as when a giant dies.
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n. 感覺,官能;意識,觀念;理性;識別力;
vt. 感到;理解,領會;檢測出;
?? sens(feel)+e(名詞后綴)→感官;知覺;意義;判斷力;感知
"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:intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 死亡;(某種)死法,死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義:inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 不安,憂慮,憂懼;理解(力),領悟,了解;拘捕;
?? ap加強+prehens抓住+ion表名詞→能抓住的 →理解(力),領悟
"There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again."
人們愈來愈擔心會重開戰火。
近義:anxiety, misgiving, qualm, queasiness, restlessness, sorrow
反義:assurance, assuredness, positiveness, unambiguousness, certainty, certitude
adj. 貧窮的,貧乏的;令人憐憫的,可憐的;匱乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 貧困者,窮人;
?? 穿破(po)衣服的人(or),是因為 貧窮的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的稅應該比窮人的多.
近義:indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反義:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
n. 甲殼蟲;大槌;捶布機;
vt.& vi. 快速移動;用大槌捶打;
"a rare species of beetle"
一種稀有甲蟲
近義:roll, steamroller, tamp, scurry, scarab, scarabaeus
vi. 踩,踏;行走;交尾;
vt. 踩成;踏出;步行于;踩(爛);
n. 踏,踩,走;交尾;(樓梯的)踏板;輪胎接觸地面的部分;
"These rough roads soon wore the tread of motorcycle tires off."
這些崎嶇不平的路很快就把摩托車輪胎磨平了.
近義:trample, subdue, subjugate, step, footfall, footstep