People who are arrogant on account of their wealth are about equal to the Laplanders, who measure a man's worth by the number of his reindeer.
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people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族; vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
arrogant ['?r?ɡ?nt] 詞頻5 詞根: rog
adj. 傲慢的,自大的;帶有傲慢,出自傲慢;驕慢;驕;
?? ar一再+rog要求,問+ant...的→一再要求的→傲慢的
"He's an arrogant little swine!"
他是個傲慢的小討厭鬼!
近義:hubristic, immodest, inflated, insolent, assuming, assumptive 反義:low, lowly, meek, mild, modest, unassuming
account [?'ka?nt] 詞頻2 詞根: ac
n. 賬,賬目;存款;記述,報告;理由; vi. 解釋;導致;報賬; vt. 認為;把…視作;
?? ac一再+count計算→計算,算賬
"I don't have a bank account."
我沒有銀行賬戶。
近義:numeration, reckoning, score, tally, count, counting
equal ['ikw?l] 詞頻1 詞根: equ
adj. 相等的,平等的;平穩的;勢均力敵的;勝任的; vt. 等于;比得上;使相等;同樣看待; n. 同樣的人;相等的數量;能與之比擬的東西;(地位、實力等)相同的人; vi. 相等,相平(與out連用);
?? equ相等,平均+al形容詞后綴 → 相等的,平等的
"They envision an equal society, free of poverty and disease."
他們向往一個沒有貧窮和疾病的平等社會。
近義:match, parallel, equate, par, peer, neighbor 反義:unmatch, objector, opposer, opposite, rival, trialist
measure ['m???] 詞頻2 詞根: 測量
n. 測量,測度;措施;程度;尺寸; vt. 測量;估量; vi. 測量;測量(大小,容量,尺寸等);
?? meas計量,測量+ure名詞后綴 → 測量,測定
"How do you measure the volume of a gas?"
你如何計量氣體的體積?
近義:meter, quantify, dose, gauge, measurement, measuring
number ['n?mb?] 詞頻1 詞根: number
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號; v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年,農業從業人數已經下降。
近義:numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher 反義:remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct

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