The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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n. 愉快;娛樂;令人高興的事;
vt. 使高興;使滿意;
vi. 覺得高興,享受;尋歡作樂;
?? pleas=please令人高興的+ure名詞后綴,表行為、狀態 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孫子和孫女們在晚年的時候給了他最大的歡樂.
近義:please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反義:indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
n. [機]動力,功率;力量;政權,權力;強國,大國;
vt. 運轉;用發動機發動;使…有力量;
vi. 靠動力行進;快速行進;
adj. 權力的;機械能的,電動的;用電力(或動力)發動的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在對這臺引擎進行改裝以增加它的功率.
近義:move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反義:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
n. 錢;財富;薪水;款項;
?? 如果亂花 錢,家長會“罵你”(諧音)
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
這筆款子是當地一位不愿透露姓名的企業家捐贈的。
近義:assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies
a. 服從的, 順從的
近義:inactive, indifferent, obedient, obliging, obsequious, passive
反義:headstrong, indocile, troublemaking, uncompliant, ungovernable, unruly
n. 輔助性, 從屬性, 有幫助, 有用, 奉承, 奴性, 諂媚
近義:helpfulness, profitableness, purposefulness, service, serviceability, serviceableness
ruined
[['ru:ind]]
a. 毀滅的, 沒落的, 荒廢的
近義:jumbled, ramshackle, battered, shattered, spoiled, spoilt
反義:safe, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired