n. 电话;电话机;(电话机的)话筒;受话器;
vt.& vi. 以电话传送(消息),给(某人)打电话;用电话与(某人)交谈;
💡 tele远,传送+phone声音→远方声音传过来 → 电话
"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."
电话刚才坏了, 但现在可以用了.
近义:phone, call, blower, telephonic
adj. 外国的,外交的;外来的;不相干的;[医]异质的;
💡 fore 表示”论坛,公共发言的地方”,”户外,
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
近义:newfangled, outlandish, overseas, strange, alien, exotic
反义:indigenous, native, autochthonal, autochthonic, primal, primeval
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vt.& vi. 帮助;有助于, 有利于;
vt. 治疗;避免;招待(客人);给…盛(饭、菜);
n. 帮助;助手;补救办法;有用;
vi. (在餐桌旁)招待,侍应,作仆人(或店员、服务员等);
int. [呼救语]救命!;
💡 同义词:assist,aid
"He finally agreed, albeit reluctantly, to help us."
尽管勉强,他最后还是同意帮助我们。
近义:assist, assuage, attend, succor, succour, support
反义:leave, neglect, quit, strand, desert, forsake