Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.
说实在的,把工作当作享受的那些人可能最需要每隔一段时间把工作从头脑中撇开。
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. 愉快;娱乐;令人高兴的事;
vt. 使高兴;使满意;
vi. 觉得高兴,享受;寻欢作乐;
💡 pleas=please令人高兴的+ure名词后缀,表行为、状态 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐.
近义:please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反义:indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
adv. 的确,确实,实在;实际上,真正地;真的,真是;甚至;
💡 在行为(deed)事实里(in)即 确实
"The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed."
文件中陈述的实际要求确实是无关紧要的.
近义:assuredly, absolutely, really, verily, certainly, yea
反义:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工厂;行为,事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
n. 方法( mean的名词复数);手段;收入;财富;
v. 意味着( mean的第三人称单数);引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义:approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy