These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.
如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 用手的;手制的，手工的;[法]占有的;体力的;
n. 手册;指南;[乐]键盘;[军]刀枪操练;
💡 manu手+al形容词后缀 →手工的；手册
"the changeover from a manual to a computerized system"
由手工操作向计算机化系统的转换
近义：instructions, catalog, catalogue, workbook, guidebook, handbook
反义：automatic, perfunctory, robot, robotic, rote, unconscious
vt.& vi. 收到;接到;接纳;接待;
vt. 接收;受理;欢迎;承受;
vi. 接到，获得;接见，欢迎;[电子学] 接收;[橄榄球] 接球;
💡 re一再，重新+ceive抓→全部→发觉→接受；收到
"It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's study."
学习得到好评是令人鼓舞的.
近义：get, welcome, greet, accept, take, inherit
反义：mail, remit, ship, transfer, issue, consign
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工厂;行为，事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes