What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.
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n. 貧窮;缺乏,不足;貧瘠,不毛;低劣;
?? poor(貧窮的)+ty(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→貧窮;缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面對著一個孤獨而貧困的晚年.
近義:impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反義:plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
n. 事件;(討論、考慮等的)問題;重要性;物質;
vi. 要緊,重要;化膿;有重大影響;有重要性;
"Now we come to the crux of the matter ."
現在我們來談問題的癥結。
近義:import, signify, weigh, count, amount, issue
adj. 貧窮的,貧乏的;令人憐憫的,可憐的;匱乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 貧困者,窮人;
?? 穿破(po)衣服的人(or),是因為 貧窮的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的稅應該比窮人的多.
近義:indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反義:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
adj. 富有的;肥沃的;豐富多彩的;油膩的;
"After a while, the rich sauce begins to cloy."
過了一會兒,濃味沙司開始顯得油膩了。
近義:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
反義:impecunious, indigent, landless, meager, miserly, needy
n. 無用
近義:incompetence, ineffectiveness, otiosity, pointlessness, unusefulness, fruitlessness
反義:helpfulness, profitableness, purposefulness, service, serviceability, serviceableness