living ['lɪvɪŋ] 词频1

adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的; n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道; v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;

💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计

"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."

近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive 反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling

since [sɪns] 词频1

prep. 从…以来;自从…之后;自从; adv. 以后，此后;后来;（距今几年）以前;（从那时候起几年）以前; conj. 自从…以来;自从…的时候起;既然;因为;

💡 嫦娥（ce） 至从犯罪（sin）已来很不安 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：每天早上都能在寺（si）庙的大门（n）下面看到一个侧（ce）卧着的小男孩,自从寺庙失火以

"She's a changed woman since she got that job."

近义：thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thence, whereas, because

birth [bə:θ] 词频1 词根: /bə/

n. 出生;分娩;起源;出身;

💡 b(分芽)+i(水)+r(分叉)+h(枝体)+t(大树):种子在水滋润下发芽分叉最终成为枝体茂盛的大树- 出生

"Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate."

近义：childbirth, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin 反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end