EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses.
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n. 對手;反對者;敵手;
adj. 對立的;敵對的;
?? op反+pon放置+ent形容詞后綴→反著放→對立的;n.對手
"He felled his opponent with a single blow."
他一拳擊倒了對手。
近義:objector, opposer, opposite, rival, trialist, contrarian
反義:leaguer, associate, accessary, accessory, accomplice, sidekick
adj. 適中的;(生活等)以節(jié)制為特點的;(飲食等)簡單而有節(jié)制的;節(jié)儉的;
adv. 適中地,有節(jié)制地;
n. 適中,有節(jié)制;
?? -ous, -ious, -eous 表”具有某種品質(zhì)”;
"He is abstemious in life."
他過簡樸的生活.
近義:lean, measured, moderate, abstentious, abstinent, austere
反義:high, inebriated, intoxicated, loaded, looped, lubricated
n. 哲學家,哲人;思想家,學者;豁達的人;愛賣弄大道理者;
?? philo愛+soph智慧+er者→哲學家,思想家
"the Greek philosopher Aristotle"
希臘哲學家亞里士多德
近義:thinker, philosophe
n. 愉快;娛樂;令人高興的事;
vt. 使高興;使?jié)M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(tài) →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
epicure
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n. 講究飲食的人;
"This cookery book have being wrote by a real epicure."
這本食譜是由一位真正的美食家寫的.
近義:connoisseur, aesthete, hedonist, sybarite, epicurean
n. 佃戶租種的土地;所有物(如土地、債券、股份等);私有財產(chǎn);(因其熱情、精力或決心等)阻攔不住某人;
v. 拿( hold的現(xiàn)在分詞);認為;包含;容納;
"He was debarred from holding public office."
他被禁止擔任公職。
近義:kickstand, mount, prop, stay, support, stand