Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.
贫穷不可耻，偷窃乃足羞。
英文谚语 3120 句（二）
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 贫穷;缺乏，不足;贫瘠，不毛;低劣;
💡 poor(贫穷的)+ty(表示抽象名词的后缀)→贫穷；缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.
近义：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反义：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
n. 丢脸;耻辱;不光彩;丢脸的人（或事）;
vt. 使丢脸;使失宠;使受耻辱;贬黜;
💡 dis 不 + grace优雅 →耻辱, 失宠, 丢脸的人(或事)
"Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family."
她的行为使家人蒙羞。
近义：insult, libel, mistreat, offend, outrage, abuse
反义：honour, magnify, praise, regard, revere, reverence
n. 偷盗，偷窃;被盗，失窃;盗窃之物，赃物;失窃案例;
💡 thieve(n.贼)-theft(n.盗窃)
"She has six previous convictions for theft."
她有六次盗窃前科。
近义：larceny, looting, abstraction, pilferage, racket, racketeering
反义：reconveyance, redelivery, remitter, restitution, rebate, drawback