so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep an appointment.
因此他们常想做完一件事后再去赴约。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 60 Too early and too late
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt.& vi. 完成;结束;吃光;使筋疲力尽;
n. 结尾;结束;最后阶段;抛光;
💡 fin结束，范围+ish单词后缀 →完成，结束
"He made a concentrated effort to finish the work on time."
他全力以赴以按时完成这项工作。
近义：artisanship, polish, refinement, style, finesse, gentility
反义：initiate, start, commence, open, enrich, inauguration
n. 镶嵌;环境;装置;（某事、戏剧、小说等的）背景;
v. 放( set的现在分词);安插;树立;安排;
💡 sett安置好 + ing 名词后缀→ 安装，调整；环境
"Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account?"
在这家银行开立账户要收费吗？
近义：background, tweak, adjusting, adjustment, fix, induration
n. 约会;任命;职务;职位;
💡 ap加强+point点+ment名词后缀→指点→任命;约定;委任的职位
"They made the appointment of Peter as chairman of the union."
他们任命彼得为工会主席.
近义：assignation, meeting, citation, date, engagement, mention
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
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. （食品）保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持，保养;供养，抚养;生活，生计;饲料；牧草;
"Social services keep lists of at-risk children ."
社工组织保留有在家里可能遭受伤害的孩子名单。
近义：hold, husband, maintain, reserve, retain, save
反义：transfer, cede, give, transgress, trespass, violate