Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 抱负;渴望得到的东西;追求的目标;夙愿;
vt. 追求;有…野心;
💡 amb大+it行走+ion名词后缀→走大步→雄心,志向
"She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer."
她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。
近义:covet, dream, moneygrubbing, avarice, avidity, avidness
反义:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
vt. 原谅;为…申辩;免除,宽免;给…免去;
n. 借口,托辞;道歉,歉意;辩解;请假条;
vi. 作为借口;请示宽恕;表示宽恕;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"Late again! What's your excuse this time?"
又迟到了!你这次有什么借口?
近义:indulgence, absolve, pardon, redress, release, remit
反义:impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict
n. 感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解,领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官;知觉;意义;判断力;感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
adj. 贫穷的,贫乏的;令人怜悯的,可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 贫困者,穷人;
💡 穿破(po)衣服的人(or),是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义:indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反义:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
adv. 足够地,充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足够的;
n. 充分,足够;满足;
int. 够了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金 呢 ?
近义:sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反义:inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
adj. 懒惰的;没精打采的;慢吞吞的;
💡 这两个(z)女士(lady)很 懒惰 累死矣(谐音),猪八戒干一点活就叫嚷“累死矣”,当然是 懒惰的
"Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?"
你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗?
近义:idle, indolent, loafing, negligent, shiftless, slack
反义:indefatigable, industrious, arduous, labored, onerous, oppressive
🏷 更多「Laziness」名言
"Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good."
— Soren Kierkegaard