If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
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n. 發明家;創造者;發明者;
?? invent發明+or名詞后綴,表示人 →發明者
"Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young."
愛迪生很年輕的時候就獲得了發明家的聲譽.
近義:developer, deviser
n. 電視,電視機;電視節目;電視業;
?? tele遠,電+vis看+ion表名詞 →看電視要離遠點 → 電視(機)
"the adverts on television"
電視廣告
近義:t.v., tv, gogglebox
n. 無線電;收音機;無線電廣播臺;無線電收發報機;
vt.& vi. 用無線電發送訊息;作無線電廣播;用X射線拍照;
?? radi 表”射線,輻射,廣播”
"The President gave an address to the nation over the radio."
總統向全國發表廣播演說.
近義:transmit, radiophonics, radiotelephony
adv. 仍,仍然;更,還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常,不斷地;
adj. 不動的,靜止的;不狂暴的,溫柔的;沒有活力的,死氣沉沉的;
n. 平靜,寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器;
vt.& vi. (使某物)平靜下來,安靜;〈古〉燒(酒),蒸餾;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了,他還是十分活躍。
近義:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反義:incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
adj. 冷凍的;冰封的;凍硬的;呆若木雞的;
v. 結冰( freeze的過去分詞);冷藏;凍結;凍住;
"Members who are no longer welcome can easily be frozen out."
不受歡迎的人很容易被排擠掉.
近義:iced, icy, stiff, benumbed, chilly, cold
反義:hot, scorching, searing, smoldering, sweltering, sweltry