Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment,
图省钱是露营的一个主要动机，因为除了开始时购置或是租借一套露营装备外，
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 47 The great escape
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 节约;经济;理财;秩序;
💡 eco环境；经济+nomy学术领域 → 经济（学）
"The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy."
內战加剧了经济领域的离心倾向.
近义：saving, sparingness, thrift
反义：loss, misuse, spoilage, squandering, thriftlessness, wastage
adj. 强大的;权力大的;（药）有效地;
adv. 很;非常;
💡 power力量+ful表形容词，“有…的” →有力的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民.
近义：lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant
反义：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
adj. 最初的;开始的;首字母的;
n. 首字母;[语音学]声母;特大的大写字母;
vt. 用姓名的首字母签名;
💡 in进入+it行走+ial形容词后缀→走进→开始的，最初的
"The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising."
这家公司很快偿付了初期的广告费。
近义：inceptive, inchoate, incipient, introductory, nascent, novel
n. 设备，装备;器材，配件;（工作必需的）知识，素养;
💡 equip配备，装备+ment表名词 →设备
"The new system will be compatible with existing equipment."
新的系统将与现有的设备相互兼容。
近义：instruments, mechanism, hardware, implements, luggage, materials
n. 动机，主旨;（艺术作品的）主题，题材;
adj. 运动的;动机的;发动的;
vt. 促使;
💡 mot(=move移动)+ive(名/形缀):运动的- 动机
"There seemed to be no motive for the murder."
这起谋杀案看不出有什么动机。
近义：motivation, motivator, point, principle, reason, account
反义：implication, importance, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce