adj. 可敬的;品行端正的;可观的,相当大的;体面的;
💡 spec Spect, spic= look, see,表示”看”#词根助记:respect+able
"The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man."
过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象,成了一位体面的爱家的男人。
近义:honorable, honourable, presentable, venerable, worthy, decent
反义:horrible, ignoble, low, lowly, mean, nasty
adj. 贫穷的,贫乏的;令人怜悯的,可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 贫困者,穷人;
💡 穿破(po)衣服的人(or),是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义:indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反义:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
adv. 相当,很;非常;确实如此;
💡 教室非常(quite)安静(quiet)
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际.
近义:long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty
反义:incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly