FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.
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n. 征服者,占領者;
?? con共同+quer詢問+or表示人→不停詢問以證明勝利→征服者,勝利者
"William the Conqueror was the first Norman King of England."
征服者威廉是英格蘭第一位諾曼人國王.
近義:vanquisher, victor, winner, conquerer, conquistador
反義:pushover, quitter, turkey, duffer, dud, failure
n. 巨大,廣大;重大,重要;量級;(地震)級數(shù);
?? magn大+itude后綴,構(gòu)成抽象名詞 →重量
"We did not realize the magnitude of the problem."
我們沒有意識到這個問題的重要性。
近義:largeness, size, bigness, extent, majesty, stateliness
反義:shortness, slightness, tininess, trifle, minuteness, diminutiveness
adj. 小的;難為情的;低級的,卑劣的;細微的,微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 細小部分,腰部;瑣碎東西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
這些顆粒聚結(jié)形成較大的團。
近義:little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反義:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
n. 商業(yè),交易;生意;事務,業(yè)務;職業(yè),行業(yè);
?? 在公共汽車(bus)里面(in)一只鵝(e)和兩條蛇(ss)正在做 生意
"The availability of cheap long - term credit would help small business."
低利息的 長期 貸款對小型企業(yè)會有幫助.
近義:negotiation, trade, trading, traffic, biz, commerce
反義:individual
vt. 缺乏,缺少;需要的東西;
n. 缺乏,不足,沒有;缺少的東西;
?? 辣味(la)公雞(ck)很 缺乏
"Her brain was befogged by lack of sleep."
她因缺乏睡眠而頭腦昏沉。
近義:necessitate, need, require, want, inadequacy, inefficiency
反義:lavishness, lot, luxuriance, luxuriancy, overabundance, plentifulness
n. 價值,優(yōu)點;[宗教](行善得到的)功德;功績,功勛;榮譽;
vt. 值得,應獲得;[宗教](因行善而)應得(善報);
vi. 值得,應得;[宗教]積德;
?? mer(merry)+it(它):有 優(yōu)點,才能娶它 網(wǎng)友:yqy 補充:與very對比:m-v,y-i。只有非常好的才是優(yōu)點;源自merry歡樂的,快樂就是人
"Some of the proposals have merit."
其中有些建議值得考慮。
近義:incur, justify, occasion, deserve, worth, worthiness
反義:disadvantage