There is no shortage of tipsters around offering 'get-rich-quick' opportunities.
我们周围不乏情报贩子，向人们提供迅速发财致富的机遇。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 48 Planning a share portfolio
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 不足，缺点;缺少;缺少量;不足额;
💡 short短+age名词形式 → 不足，缺少
"There is an acute shortage of water."
水严重短缺。
近义：inadequacy, insufficiency, absence, lack, meagerness, need
反义：plenty, profusion, providing, provision, purveyance, refilling
adv. 大约;旋转;到处，四处;在周围;
prep. 围绕;在附近;前后，左右;在…周围;
💡 前缀:a 表示加强意义
"He arrived around five o'clock."
他大约是五点钟到的。
近义：about, approximately, loosely, nearly, roughly, thereabout
n. 提供, 奉献物, 牲礼, 上市的股票(或证券等)\\n[经] 出售物
近义：offer, overture, proposal, bidding, contribution, alms
反义：need, requirement, exigence, exigency
adj. 富有的;肥沃的;丰富多彩的;油腻的;
"After a while, the rich sauce begins to cloy."
过了一会儿，浓味沙司开始显得油腻了。
近义：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
反义：impecunious, indigent, landless, meager, miserly, needy
adj. 快的，急速的;聪明的，凌厉的;灵活的;短时间做成的;
adv. 迅速地，快速地;
n. （指甲下的）活肉;感情的中枢，感觉最敏锐的地方;要害，核心;
"The government spokesman gave a quick briefing to the reporters."
政府发言人向记者们作了情况简介.
近义：hurried, abrupt, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe
反义：lagging, leisurely, phlegmatic, poky, slowish, sluggardly