Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them.
— Lily Tomlin
· Americans
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adj. 正派的;得體的;（服裝等）相稱的，合宜的;相當好的;
?? de 強調+cent錢→ 錢多才體面
"And then he was awfully decent about giving me this job."
當時他特別寬厚,將這件工作交給了我.
近義：honest, honorable, honourable, just, kind, modest
反義：immodest, immoral, impudent, lewd, nasty, obscene
n. 公眾信息;宣傳效用;宣傳;公諸于眾的狀況;
?? public公眾的+ity名詞后綴 →公開；宣傳
"The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget."
議程表上的下一項是宣傳預算。
近義：promotion, propaganda, billing, ads, advertisement, advertising
num. 九十;
n. 九十;九十年代;九十歲;
adj. 九十的;九十歲的;
?? nine九+ty十 →九十
"He is ninety years old, but his mind is sharp."
他雖然90歲了, 但頭腦還很靈活.
n. 百分比，百分數;百分之一;
adj. 百分之…的，每一百中有…的;百分之…支付利息的;
adv. 以百分之…地，每一百中有…地;
?? per貫穿，自始自終+cent一百→百分比
"A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes."
1947年的一場大火,使90%的房屋化為灰燼.
近義：percentage, part, portion, fragment, cud, quid
n. 國家;國民;鄉下;地區;
?? 數數（count） 國家有多少樹苗（ry）被亂砍
"economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism"
旅游業為該國帶來的經濟效益
近義：homeland, nation, region, fatherland, meadow, champaign
反義：municipal, urban, city
adj. 困難的;硬的;有力的;努力的;
adv. 努力地;猛力地;嚴重地;沉重地;
n. 英〉硬海灘，登陸處;
"She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck."
她認為她的成功來自勤勞和一點運氣。
近義：strongly, rigidly, stiffly, resistant, resistive, steely
反義：malleable, mellow, mild, attenuated, softened, squashy