📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 以前的,从前的;在前的;前任的;
n. 模型,样板;构成者,创造者;起形成作用的人;[无线]线圈架;
💡 form=fore先前 + er表人\/物→前者
"A couple of them are former bosses."
有几位是以前的上司或老板。
近义:onetime, back, preceding, previous, prior, old
反义:hindmost, last, latest, rearmost, utmost, aftermost
n. 公司,商号;作伴,伴侣,客人;连队,中队;(社交)集会,聚会;
💡 com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名词后缀)→交谊;伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
近义:institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
a. 拥有土地的, 有田地的\\n[法] 不动产的, 拥有土地的, 地皮的
近义:landowning, praedial, predial, propertied
反义:indigent, poor, destitute, dispossessed
adj. 又一个;再一个;另一的;其他一种;
pron. 另一个,别个;再一个;
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义:other
adv. 立刻,马上;一会儿,不久;快;宁愿;
💡 速(谐音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反义:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore