minimum ['m?n?m?m]

n. 最低限度;最小量;最低消費;[數]極小值; adj. 最低的;最小的;最少的;

minim小+um名詞后綴，表物→最小量

profit ['prɑf?t]

n. 收益，得益;利潤;紅利;凈值利潤率; vt. 有益于…，對…有益的;得益;創利潤; vi. 有益;獲利;

pro很多…+fit做→做很多→做得好→利潤，收益

Success amply rewarded his efforts.

成功使他的努力得到應有的回報。

Thank you for your favour.

謝謝你的愛護。

Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.

我和比爾借了一筆錢，買下了那條項鏈。在后來的10年時間里，我們兩人為了償還這筆借款不分晝夜地干活。這就是為什么我現在看起來這樣老的原因。好了，過了這些年之后，我們終于還清了全部借款。