If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
— Mark Twain
· Pets
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
adj. 繁榮的，興旺的;富裕的;幸福的，運氣好的;良好的;
?? pro很多…+sper希望+ous形容詞后綴→希望很多→興旺的
"Suburbs sprawled out to provide homes for the newly prosperous."
市郊無規劃地向外擴展以為新近富起來的人提供住房.
近義：moneyed, opulent, raising, rich, successful, thriving
反義：impecunious, indigent, landless, meager, miserly, needy
adj. 最重要的;主要的;資本的;本金的;
n. 首長，負責人;主要演員，主角;[法]委托人，當事人;本金;
?? prin主要的+cip拿，抓，握住+al形容詞后綴 → 主要的；首要的
"When he saw the principal, he raised his hand in salutation."
他看到校長時舉手敬禮.
近義：head, headman, manager, boss, gaffer, chief
n. 差別，差異;[數]差數，差額;意見分歧;特色;
vt. 辨別，區分;
?? dif分開，否定，不+fer帶來+ence名詞后綴→帶來不同→不同之處
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的規定對大多數人將無大影響。
近義：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反義：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
vt.& vi. 挑選，挑揀;挖，采，摘，剔，扒;挑剔;
n. 選擇;收獲;精華;
?? 愛打扮的豬(pig)八戒， 采摘鮮花頭上戴
"Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?"
今天你能幫我個忙去學校接薩姆嗎？
近義：select, choose, cull, elect, scavenge, scoop
vt.& vi. 咬;叮;
n. 咬;咬傷;疼痛;受騙;
vi. 刺痛;咬餌;有咬（或叮）的習性;（人）上當;
vt. （辣椒，胡椒等）刺激;（齒輪，螺絲，鉗子，錨等）咬住;（利器等）刺進;（寒風等）刺骨;
abbr. 機內測試設備(Built-In Test Equipment);
?? 白人(bi)特意(te) 咬了我一口 網友：秦瀟 補充：鄙人(bi)特意(te)咬了一口
"The car wheels would not bite because of the ice."
路上結冰,汽車輪子打滑.
近義：masticate, nibble, nip, champ, chaw, chew
反義：swallow
starving
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a. 挨餓的；饑餓的
近義：hungry, malnourished, starved, starveling, underfed, undernourished
?? Mark Twain 的更多名言
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."