No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 生物,动物;人;创造物;(他人的)工具;
💡 cre产生+ at=ate表动词 + ure表名词→ create创造 + ure表名词 → 创造物,生物
"The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature."
榛睡鼠是一种在夜间活动的胆小动物。
近义:inbeing, being, entity, wight, animal
n. 赞扬,称赞;崇拜;赞词;
v. 赞扬,赞美;歌颂;崇拜;
💡 prais价值,评价+e→称其有很高价值,给以很高评价→称赞,赞美,赞扬,颂扬
"He referred to your work in terms of high praise."
他对你的工作大加赞扬.
近义:apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify
反义:attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
abuse
[ə'bjus]
词频2
词根: us
n. 滥用;恶习;侮辱;恶言;
vt. 滥用;虐待;辱骂;
💡 ab相反,变坏,离去+use用→用坏→滥用
"victims of child abuse"
受虐待的儿童
近义:misuse, overuse, insult, irritate, maltreat, mistreat
反义:abnegate, avail, utilise, utilize, appropriateness, correctness
a. 被一般承认的, 公认的
近义:standard
反义:nonconforming, nonconventional, atypical, unconventional, unorthodox
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[数学]公共的;共有的;
n. [法律](对土地、水域的)共有权;公共用地;普通;平民;
💡 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下, 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐,我们还有很多共通点。
近义:popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace
反义:irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole