So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour.
现在我们自己动手做事的热情很高，结果对于专业工人的依赖越来越少了。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 46 Do it yourself
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 激情，热情;热心，爱好;热恋;酷爱;
vt.&vi. [诗歌用语]表露强烈感情，显示巨大热情;
💡 pass感情+ion名词后缀 →热情，激情
"That child stamps her foot when she is in a passion."
那女孩一发脾气就跺脚.
近义：infatuation, inflaming, ardor, obsession, paroxysm, vehemence
反义：aboulia, apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indolence, informality
adv. 越来越多地;日益，格外;越来越…;愈;
💡 in 加强+ creas =grow增长 + ing...的 + ly ...地 → ad.日益，越来越多地
"People are increasingly becoming desensitized to violence on television."
大众对电视上的暴力镜头越来越麻木了。
近义：progressively, unrestrainedly, rampantly, consecutively, gradually
反义：diminishingly
adj. 依靠的;依赖的;取决于…的;有瘾的;
n. 受抚养人;受赡养者;依赖他人者;扈从，侍从;
💡 depend依靠+ent...的 → 依靠的
"a woman with several dependent children"
一个女人带着几个未自立的孩子
近义：dependant, associate, attache, provisionary, provisory, reliant
反义：liberated, maverick, nonpartisan, autonomic, autonomous, indie
adj. 伟大的，杰出的;优异的，显著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口语]很好地;令人满意地，成功地，顺利地;得意地;
n. 大人物们;伟大人物;重要人物，大师;名家;
💡 联想：“贵的”就是伟大的 网友：12 补充：gr 工人 eat吃 解决工人吃饭问题，不就是伟大的问题。great 伟大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说，这是一部了不起的电影。
近义：super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
pron. “myself”的复数;我们自己;（把）我们自己;
"We enjoyed ourselves immensely."
我们快活极了。
近义：us, we