When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 分，分鐘;瞬間，片刻;備忘錄;會議記錄;
vt. 把…記錄在案;為…測定時間;
?? minut小+e → 一分鐘； 微小的，細微的
"The vendors were gazundered at the last minute."
賣主在最后一刻被要求降低房價。
近義：insignificant, little, miniscule, minuscule, petty, pokey
vt. 競爭，為…而奮爭;辯駁;
vi. 爭斗;競爭;爭奪;
?? con共同+test測試→共同測試→比賽，競賽
"The match looks like being a David and Goliath contest."
比賽看上去像是一場力量懸殊的較量。
近義：argue, race, strive, vie, compete, contend
vt.& vi. 使工作;使運作;操作;使產生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工廠;行為，事業;
vt. 使工作;操作;經營;使緩慢前進;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近義：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反義：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
n. 末尾;最后;上個;鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 經受住;到…之后;夠用;足夠維持（尤指某段時間）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持續;
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在剛過去的七月，雙方簽訂了和平條約。
近義：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反義：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
n. 機會，機遇;概率，可能性;偶然，運氣;
v. 偶然發生;冒險;碰巧;偶然被發現;
adj. 意外的;偶然的;碰巧的;
?? 碰巧有 機會闡(chan)述我的計策(ce)
"I would do it if I had the chance."
如果我有機會的話，我也會那么做。
近義：hazard, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, risk, stake
反義：assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness
vt. 失去;錯過;遺失;耽擱;
vi. 損失;輸掉;走慢;降低價值;
?? 10(lo)個司儀(se) 遺失了
"It is easy for children to lose their self - esteem ."
孩子很容易失去 自尊.
近義：mislay, misplace, miss, waste
反義：prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome, conquer