Competition between ourselves, person against person, community against community,
然而人类之间的竞争,人与人,团体与团体,
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 竞争;比赛;竞争者;[生]生存竞争;
💡 compet=compete竞争+ition名词后缀 →比赛,竞争
"He was astonished to learn he'd won the competition."
他听说他比赛赢了,感到很惊讶。
近义:joust, match, meet, race, rivalry, tournament
反义:help, assist, assistance, relief, succor, succour
n. 人;(语法)人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义:individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反义:assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记:反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
近义:athwart, agin
n. 社区;社会团体;共同体;[生态] 群落;
💡 com共同+mun公共的+ity状态→公共状态→社会,社区
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
近义:aristoi, society, collectivity, group, guild, commonwealth
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
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