I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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adj. 坚固的,坚牢的;坚定的,坚决的;严格的;确定的;
vt.& vi. 使坚固;使坚实;
n. 商号,商行;公司;企业;工作集体;
adv. 坚定地,稳固地;
vt. 使坚定,使牢固;
vi. 变坚实,变稳固;
💡 firm =firm,表示”坚定,坚固”
"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:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反义:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"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:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 国家的;国有的;国民的;民族主义的;
n. [常用复数]全国性比赛;某国国民;全国性报刊;(机构等的)全国总部;
💡 nat出生的+ion名词后缀+al...的 →出生地的 →国家的,民族的
"the National Sound Archive"
国家音响档案馆
近义:citizen, native, inland, domestic
反义:outlander, outsider, stranger, alien, newfangled, outlandish
n. 点;要点;得分;标点;
vt. (意思上)指向;削尖;加标点于;指路;
vi. 表明;指向;
💡 point(prick)→点;地点;目的;时刻;使锐利;指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
种族间的紧张状态已达到一触即发的程度。
近义:range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
n. 信徒
近义:votary, worshiper, worshipper, devotee, partisan, backer
反义:infidel, misbeliever, nihilist, nonbeliever, atheist, pagan