Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
每年的花园竞赛我也参加,但总因是镇上最劣的花园而获得一个小奖!
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 8 The best and the worst

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competition [,kɑmpə'tɪʃən] 词频2 词根: com
n. 竞争;比赛;竞争者;[生]生存竞争;
💡 compet=compete竞争+ition名词后缀 →比赛,竞争
"He was astonished to learn he'd won the competition."
他听说他比赛赢了,感到很惊讶。
近义:joust, match, meet, race, rivalry, tournament 反义:help, assist, assistance, relief, succor, succour
prize [praɪz] 词频1 词根: prize
n. 奖赏;战利品;值得努力争取的东西; vt. 珍视,珍惜;估价; adj. 获奖的,有望获奖的;理应获奖的;
💡 prehend, pris 抓住,夺取,获得#词根助记:战利品要靠自己抓取
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect 反义:reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay
year [jɪr] 词频1
n. 年;年纪;一年的期间;某年级的学生;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校,开始新学年的学习。
近义:twelvemonth, annum
enter ['ɛntɚ] 词频1 词根: entr
vt.& vi. 进入;开始;参加;登记;
💡 进入(enter)入口(entry)
"You may not enter the security area without authorization."
未经批准不得进入警戒地区。
近义:incursion, join, penetrate, access, input, key 反义:leave, depart, exit
garden ['ɡɑrdn] 词频1 词根: 看护
n. 花园,菜园;公园;供应点心的露天设施;大型公共礼堂; vt. 造园,开辟(一小片土地)作为花园;以花园装饰; vi. 从事园艺; adj. 花园的,园艺的;普通的,平凡的;
💡 误入别人garden(花园)里,要说pardon(对不起)
"a garden with three apple trees"
有3 棵苹果树的花园
近义:patio, yard, court, courtyard, dooryard, orchard

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