Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑妈待佣人在当时算是开明的，从来不让佣人每天工作超过8小时，但他们很难使她称心如意。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 49 The ideal servant
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
policy
['pɑləsi]
词频4
词根: polis
n. 政策;策略;保险单;策略性;
💡 polic国家，城市+ y名词后缀→ 管理国家的 → 政策
"Did the people at large approve of the government's policy?"
一般老百姓赞成政府的政策 吗 ?
近义：program, law, norm, ordinance, rule, statute
adj. 家庭的，家的;国内的;驯养的;热心家务的;
n. 佣人;国货;
💡 domes=house屋，家+tic...的→家里的；国内的
"women's liberation from the bondage of domestic life"
女性从家庭生活束缚中的解脱
近义：manservant, servant, home, house, household, familial
反义：indomitable, mountain, rebel, barbarian, ruthless, tameless
adv. 极端地;非常，很;去;绝;
💡 extreme极端的+ly表副词 →过分地
"The payment offered to the rank and file is extremely poor."
列兵的待遇极低.
近义：highly, hugely, immensely, inordinately, magnificently, mighty
反义：incompletely, nearly, poorly, barely, scantily, scarce
adj. 困难的;难做的;难解的;不易相处的;
💡 dif不+fic做+ult表名词→不好做→困难的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
int. 请;
vt.& vi. 使高兴;使满意;讨人喜欢;讨好;
💡 please(please)→取悦；使高兴；喜欢；愿意；请
"Please be quiet. I have to study the book for a test tomorrow."
请不要说话了, 明天要考试,我得看书.
近义：humor, oblige, pleasure, recompense, recreate, repay
反义：undeceive, disenthrall, disappoint, discontent, dishearten, dissatisfy