If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

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extinguish [?k'st??ɡw??] 詞頻4 詞根: ex
vt. 熄滅(火);使(希望、愛情等)不復存在;償清;
?? ex外+tingu=sting刺+ish動詞后綴→把刺拿出去→刺引申為火焰→滅火
"Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames."
消防隊員奮力救火。
近義:quench, douse, kill, obliterate, terminate, zap 反義:light, fire, resuscitate, revive
house [ha?s] 詞頻1 詞根: /h?/
n. 房屋;全家人;(從事某種生意的)公司;(英國)下議院; v. 給…提供住房;收藏;安置;
"a house among the trees"
樹林中的一座房子
近義:host, keep, lodge, quarter, shelter, accommodate 反義:oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile
fire ['fai?] 詞頻1
n. 火,燃燒物;火災;射擊,發射;熱情; vt.& vi. 開火,射擊;燃燒;引爆炸藥;充滿熱情; vt. <口>解雇;射(箭);激勵;射出(子彈);
"They set fire to the city and massacred all the inhabitants."
他們放火燒了這座城市,而且屠殺了所有的居民.
近義:sack, suspend, terminate, boot, discharge, cashier 反義:recruit, retain, contract, employ, engage
inquiring [in'kwai?ri?]
adj. 咨詢的,打聽的,愛追根究底的; v. 打聽,詢問( inquire的現在分詞 );
"A man has been inquiring for you at the office."
有個人在辦公室一直等著要見你.
近義:inquisitive, interrogative, interrogatory, investigating, investigative, investigatory 反義:introverted, measured, moderate, abstemious, abstinent, owlish
whether ['w?e?] 詞頻1
pron. 其中的哪一個; n. 可能的選擇;
?? 不管天氣(weather)是否(whether)合適,我都要去 網友:馬 勝 敏 補充:1:剛賣回來的燈泡(w)被他(he)給踢(t)到她的(her)腳下,他們
"I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not."
我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受這個工作。
近義:if
must [m?st] 詞頻1
aux. 必須;必然要;(做出邏輯推斷);(表示堅持); n. 必須做的事,必不可少的事物;葡萄汁;霉臭;麝香; vt.& vi. (表示必要或很重要)必須;(提出建議)應該;得;(表示很可能或符合邏輯)一定; adj. 不可或缺的;狂暴的;
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干這項工作你得會說法語。
近義:ought, should, necessaries, necessity, precondition, prerequisite

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