Speculations and loans in foreign fields are likely to bring us into war... The war-for-profit group has counterfeited patriotism.
📚 名句词汇解析
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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
adj. 可能的;适合的;有希望的;
adv. 可能;或许;大概;多半;
💡 like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近义:inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible
反义:imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
n. 收益,得益;利润;红利;净值利润率;
vt. 有益于…,对…有益的;得益;创利润;
vi. 有益;获利;
💡 pro很多…+fit做→做很多→做得好→利润,收益
"What level of profit do you envisage?"
你预计会有什么样的利润水平?
近义:reap, usufruct, benefit, improve, avail, advantage
反义:loss
n. 爱国主义;爱国心,爱国精神;
💡 patriot=patri祖国 + ism主义 →爱国主义;爱国心
"They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism."
他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱.
近义:nationalism, civism
vt. 带来,引来;促使,引起;提供;导致;
💡 白(b)戒指(ring) 带来了
"He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill."
他招手示意服务生把账单送过来。
近义:get
n. 组,团体;群,批;(雕塑等的)群像;(英美的)空军大队;
vt.& vi. 使成群,集合;
vt. 分类,归类;
💡 一群羊(group)正在成长(grou)
"the Child Poverty Action Group"
解除儿童贫困行动小组
近义:cluster, bind, concrete, conglutinate, agglomerate, agglutinate
反义:isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach, disjoin