n. 事件;意外发生的事;
v. 发生(happen的现在分词);碰巧;
💡 hap(luck)+pen+ing(形容词后缀)→事件
"The child at the back craned forward to see what was happening."
后面的孩子探出头看看出了什么事.
近义:imminence, approach, incident, instance, arrival, occasion
vt.& vi. 停留;停止;坚持;抑制;
vi. 继续处于某种状态;
n. 逗留;延期;倚靠;忍耐;
💡 停留停(t)下来说(say)话
"You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent."
你不付房租就不能永远住在这里。
近义:remain, abide, endure, hold, interrupt, postpone
反义:migrate, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, transmigrate