MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property.
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n. （上帝的）祝福;好事;福分;因禍得福;
v. 祝圣( bless的現(xiàn)在分詞);稱頌上帝;求神賜福于;（表示驚奇）;
?? bless(祝福)+ing(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→祝福；賜福
"to pray for God's blessing"
祈求上帝降福
近義：benediction, benison, boon, godsend
反義：jinxing, malediction
n. 有利條件;益處;優(yōu)越（性）;處于支配地位;
vt. 有利于;有益于;促進;使處于有利地位;
vi. 得益，獲利;
?? advant前面+age表名詞 →利益，好處
"Take advantage of low-season airfares."
利用淡季飛機票價。
近義：overtaking, surpassing, improve, avail, profit, benefit
反義：disfavor, waste, dilapidation, hindrance, inconvenience, demerit
n. 證詞;證據(jù);跡象;明顯;
vt. 使明顯;顯示;表明;證實;
?? e出+vid看+ence表名詞→明顯的證據(jù)→證據(jù)，證人
"You'd better give us as much factual evidence as possible."
你最好向我們盡可能多地提供事實證據(jù).
近義：manifest, bare, show, state, represent, debunk
n. 文化;[生物學]（微生物等的）培養(yǎng);修養(yǎng);養(yǎng)殖;
vt. 培植，培養(yǎng);
?? cult耕種，培養(yǎng)+ure抽象名詞→[對心靈的]培養(yǎng)→人類文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
異域文化的不同情調(diào)
近義：incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反義：philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 社會;上流社會;社團;社群;
adj. 上流社會的，社交界的;
?? socie=social社會+ty表名詞 → 社會，社團
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社會憎惡種族主義。
近義：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反義：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
n. 特性，屬性;財產(chǎn)，地產(chǎn);[戲]道具;所有權(quán);
?? proper擁有+ty名詞后綴 → 個人擁有的 → 財產(chǎn)；所有物；特性
"dishonest appropriation of property"
以欺騙的手法侵吞財產(chǎn)
近義：holdings, assets, means, ownership, patrimony, possessions