Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
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n. 赛跑;人种;竞争;民族;
v. 参加比赛;快速移动;空转;
💡 比赛跑（r=run）第一（ace，扑克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大为懊恼的是他赛跑没获胜.
近义：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint
反义：pace
adj. 感谢的，感激的;欣慰的;
"I was thankful to see they'd all arrived safely."
看到他们都平安到达，我感到欣慰。
近义：appreciative, indebted, pleased, welcome, beholden, grateful
反义：ingrate, unappreciative, ungrateful, unpleasant, unpleasing, unrewarding
vt. 允许;承认;给予;准许（做某事）;
vi. 容许;考虑;
💡 都（all）低下（low）头，表 同意
"His parents won't allow him to stay out late."
他的父母不会允许他在外待得很晚。
近义：license, authorize, permit, warrant, licence, commission
反义：inhibit, interdict, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit
adj. 短的，短暂的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;简短地;横贯地;
n. 短裤;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少给…的零头，骗取;
vi. 短路;
💡 削头”（谐音）削了头人还能不 矮吗？ 网友：双木成林 补充：缩的（谐音），这样就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat
反义：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome
n. 绞死, 绞杀, 悬挂\\n[法] 绞刑, 绞死
近义：execution, hung, pendent, pendulous, underslung, suspended