FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.
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felon
['f?l?n]
n. 重罪犯;瘭疽;甲溝炎;指頭膿炎;
adj. <古>殘忍的，殘暴的，邪惡的;
?? fel=fello拉丁文，惡棍+on表示人 →重罪犯
"So I answered up like a felon fighting for his freedom, and I answered pat, because I was telling the truth, which ..."
因此,我馬上回答,就像一個重罪犯在爭取自由一樣, 而且,我答得這么迅速是因為我在說實話, 這有時會有幫助.
近義：lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, outlaw, bandit, scofflaw
n. 人;（語法）人稱;身體;容貌;
?? person-, parson- 表”人類”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。
近義：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
n. 企（事）業(yè)單位;事業(yè)，計劃;事業(yè)心，進取心;
?? enter進入+prise拿住，抓住→進入抓住[目標]→事業(yè)；進取心
"The boss has put all his money into that speculative enterprise."
這個老板把他的全部財產(chǎn)都投到那個投機事業(yè)中.
近義：institution, merging, society, business, association, company
n. 慎重;考慮周到;判斷力，辨別力;自行決定的自由;
?? dis分開，分離+cret搞清，區(qū)別+ion名詞后綴→謹慎，小心
"I'll leave it up to you to use your discretion ."
我把這件事留給你自己斟酌決定。
近義：tact, tactfulness, finesse, measure, moderation, prudence
反義：indiscreetness, tactlessness, bluntness, crudeness
n. 機會;適當?shù)臅r機良機;有利的環(huán)境，條件;
?? op=ob靠近 + portun=harbor港口+ ity 表名詞 → 向港口靠近 →機會
"He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub."
他借機再次冷落我們.
近義：instance, occasion, case, episode, event, happening
反義：hindrance, hitch, knot, misadventure, mishap, obstacle
adj. 不幸的，倒霉的;不吉利的;不成功的;可惜的，可嘆的;
n. 不幸的人;
?? un不，沒有+fortun運氣+ate形容詞后綴→不幸的
"He was unfortunate to lose in the final round."
他不幸在最后一輪輸了。
近義：miserable, wretch, lamentable, luckless, ominous, poor
反義：jammy, privileged, propitious, successful, fortunate, happy
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