In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
随着时间的流逝,考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼,他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了,这件事成了公认的事实。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 30 The death of a ghost
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 认真负责的;本着良心的;谨慎的;正大光明;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ent形容词后缀+ious...的→知道关心多→有责任心的
"The conscientious researcher is careful to avoid up the pole and omission."
那位一丝不苟的研究人员总是小心谨慎地避免错误或疏漏.
近义:sedulous, thorough, meticulous, pennywise, precise, workmanlike
反义:imperviable, impervious, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, incurious
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准(机械的)速度;拨准(钟、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期(付款)的;
int. [体育]时间到,(一场或一局等的)比赛时限,暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
n. 事实,实情;实际;真相,证据;犯罪行为;
"They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance."
他们坐着埋怨别人不肯给他们一个机会。
近义:particular, reality, sooth, substantiality, truth, verity
n. 鬼,幽灵;(尤指可怕事物的)记忆;隐约的一点点;(电视屏幕上的)重影;
vt. 悄悄地行进;
vi. 替人代笔;
💡 狗死的,钩死他(谐音): 鬼魂 勾(g)住主人(host)- 鬼魂
"The ghost of a smile played round her lips."
她嘴角露出一丝微笑.
近义:ghostwrite, hobgoblin, apparition, imp, phantasm, phantom
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