I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 协商，讨论;建议;策略;法律顾问，辩护人;
vt. 劝告，建议;提供专业咨询;
💡 coun(com-=together)+sel(to take)→商议；商量；忠告
"Listen to the counsel of your elders."
要听从长辈的忠告。
近义：rede, warn, caution, caveat, admonish, advise
反义：mouthpiece, pettifogger, barrater, barrator, shyster, chicaner
vt. 祈祷，祷告;请求，恳求;央求;
vi. 祈祷;请;恳求;
💡 扑(p)在光线(ray)下 祈祷
"We pray to God to deliver us from evil."
我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来.
近义：ask, order, tell, request, solicit
反义：apostatize, swear, curse, damn
vt. 停止，终止，结束;
vi. 终止，停止;永不停止的过程;停止行动;
n. 停止;
💡 息事（谐音）宁人： 停止 考试时，看见(c)题目很容易(ease)，就 停止思考{cease=stop} 网友：yqy补充： 因为容易（ease）所以停止（c，
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
近义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
反义：keep, maintain, insist, persevere, persist, proceed
pron. (I的所有格)我的（东西）;
n. 矿;矿井;地雷;水雷;
vt.& vi. 在…中开采，开采;
vt. 在…中[下]布雷;以地雷[水雷]炸毁;
💡 埋（谐音):埋在地里的- 地雷
"an old college buddy of mine"
我的一位老校友
近义：quarry, sap, undermine, weaken, debilitate, reserve
profitless
[['prafitlis]]
a. 无利的, 无益的
近义：infertile, sterile, uneconomical, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable
反义：interest, lucrative, paying, productive, profit, remunerating