Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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adv. 适度地;普通地;温和度;不过度地;
💡 mod 方式,模式,风度 + er 表示反复动 作+ ate 具有..的性质 + ly 表示如...的 → adv. 适度地;中庸地;有节制地
"a moderately successful career"
还算成功的事业
近义:sparingly, thriftily, soberly, long, pretty, quite
反义:increasingly, profligately, rakishly, recklessly, uncontrollably, uninhibitedly
badly
['bædli]
adv. 非常,在很大程度上;坏,拙劣地;不利地,有害地;
💡 bad坏的+ly表副词 →恶劣地
"Things have been going badly ."
事情进展得不顺利。
近义:nastily, wrong, wrongly, amiss
反义:appositely, appropriately, properly, seemly, well, befittingly
n. 生活,生计;生命,性命;一生,寿命;人生,尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义:being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
n. 比赛;游戏;戏剧;赌博;
vt.& vi. 玩;演奏;演出;参加比赛;
vt. 扮演;担任,充当…的角色;演出;装扮;
vi. 玩耍,游戏;[游戏] 参加游戏;赌博;闹着玩;
💡 联想:只要一玩就“不累
"The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile."
那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
近义:romp, sport, toy, dally, frisk, frolic
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
n. 第三;三分之一;第三档;
adj. 第三的;三分之一的;
"the commander of the third army corps"
陆军第三军团的指挥官
近义:tertiary, thirdly
adj. 书面的;写成文字的;明显受到…影响;(感情)全挂在脸上;
v. 写( write的过去分词);写信;
"The letter was written in her usual acerbic style."
这封信是用她惯常的尖刻语调写的。