company ['kʌmpəni] 词频1

n. 公司，商号;作伴，伴侣，客人;连队，中队;（社交）集会，聚会;

💡 com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名词后缀)→交谊；伙伴

"He absconded with the company funds."

近义：institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust 反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke

exceptional [ɪk'sɛpʃənl] 词频4 词根: ceive

adj. 优越的;杰出的;例外的;独特的; n. 超常的学生;

💡 ex加强意义+cept拿+ion表行为+al...的 →例外的

"The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy."

近义：outstanding, special, unusual, especial, extraordinary 反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average

growth [ɡroθ] 词频1 词根: grow

n. 生长;增长;一茬植株;肿块，肿瘤;

💡 grow成长+th抽象名词 → 成长

"Do you know the optimum temperature for the growth of plants?"

近义：headway, improvement, increase, augmentation, progress, rising 反义：lessening, letup, recession, reduction, remission, shortage

over ['ovɚ] 词频1

prep. （表示方向）越过;（部份或全部覆盖）在…上面;由于;（表示论及）关于; adv. 结束;再;（倒）下;从一边至另一边; adj. 过去的;外面的;在上的;上级的; n. 额外;剩余;剩余（或多余）的量;剩余物; int. [电信学]报文完，请回复！; vt. 走过，跳过;[美国方言]从…恢复过来;

"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."

近义：above, on, up, regarding, relating, respecting 反义：under, below, beneath

past [pæst] 词频1 词根: 通过

adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的; n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时; prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过; adv. 经过，超过;

💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）

"She strode past him without a backward glance ."

近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form 反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current