who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire----
他们能够恣意妄为，能染指一切追求的目标。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 46 Hobbies
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 反复无常;任性的想法;随想曲;充满幻想力的作品;
💡 capr山羊+ice名词后缀 → 突变；任性
"Don't act on caprice. Study your problem."
不要任性行事, 研究一下自己的问题.
近义：idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, longing, whim, whimsy, quirk
adv. 几乎，差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 al(all)+most→差不多；几乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反义：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
n. 物体;目标;宾语;客体，对象;
💡 ob反+ject投掷，扔→反着扔→反对，引申为扔向目标 → 物体；目标v. 反对
"A rock is an inanimate object."
岩石是无生命的物体。
近义：oppose, protest, recalcitrate, remonstrate, resist, conflict
反义：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge
vt. 使高兴;使满意;
"He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity."
他做那事是要满足他女友的虚荣心.
近义：humor, oblige, please, recompense, repay, reward
反义：penalise, penalize, reprehend, scourge, smite, thrash
vt. 希望;渴望;要求;请求;
n. 愿望;欲望;希望;请求;
vi. 有希望;期望;愿望;想望;
💡 de(德)+sir(先生)+e(鹅):德国先生 渴望得到鹅 网友：wangqidong 补充：de(得到)sire(阁下)的愿望
"a burning desire to win"
取胜的迫切愿望
近义：wish, intend, like, mean, want, will
反义：quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, waive, abandon