REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next.

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representative ['r?pr?'z?nt?t?v] 詞頻1 詞根: represent
n. 代表;繼任者;議員;類似物; adj. 典型的;有代表性的;代議制的;相當[類似](另一種屬)的;
?? represent代表+ative形容詞后綴 →代表性的
"a representative of the UN"
聯合國代表
近義:appointor, procurator, proxy, rep, deputy, commissary 反義:irregular, nonconforming, atypical, uncharacteristic, uncommon, untypical
national ['n??n?l] 詞頻1 詞根: nat
adj. 國家的;國有的;國民的;民族主義的; n. [常用復數]全國性比賽;某國國民;全國性報刊;(機構等的)全國總部;
?? nat出生的+ion名詞后綴+al...的 →出生地的 →國家的,民族的
"the National Sound Archive"
國家音響檔案館
近義:citizen, native, inland, domestic 反義:outlander, outsider, stranger, alien, newfangled, outlandish
discernible [d?'z?n?bl] 詞根: 區分
adj. 可識別的;可辨別的;
?? dis分開+cern=seen可見的+ible形容詞后綴 → 分開可見的 →可辨別的;可識別的
"Night fell, but the outline of the factory buildings was still discernible."
夜幕降臨了, 但廠房還能看見個輪廓.
近義:intelligible, noticeable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, presentative 反義:indiscernible, invisible, undiscernible, unnoticeable, unperceivable
promotion [pr?'mo??n] 詞頻3 詞根: mob
n. 促進,增進;提升,升級;(商品等的)推廣;發揚;
?? pro向前+mot移動+ion名詞后綴 → 促進;升級
"This misbehaviour will certainly go against his chances of promotion."
違反軍規肯定會不利于他的升遷.
近義:preferment, advance, advancement, giveaway, headway, improvement 反義:relegating, relegation, degradation, downgrading, demotion
politics ['pɑl?t?ks] 詞頻2 詞根: polit
n. 政治;政治事務;政治觀點;權術;
?? polit國家,城市+ics表名稱,學科學術 →政治
"The professor's a radical in politics but a conservative dresser."
教授在政治上是激進派,但衣著卻很守舊.
member ['m?mb?] 詞頻1
n. 成員;分子;身體部位(尤指胳膊或腿);構件,部件;
"a card-carrying member of the Conservative party"
保守黨正式黨員
近義:insider, integrant, associate, attache, supporter, copartner 反義:nonmember

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