It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.
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adv. 两次;两倍;两遍;
💡 twi二,两+ce副词后缀,…次 →二次
"The ball bounced twice before he could reach it."
球弹了两次他才接到。
近义:doubly, double
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. 困难的;硬的;有力的;努力的;
adv. 努力地;猛力地;严重地;沉重地;
n. 英〉硬海滩,登陆处;
"She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck."
她认为她的成功来自勤劳和一点运气。
近义:strongly, rigidly, stiffly, resistant, resistive, steely
反义:malleable, mellow, mild, attenuated, softened, squashy
vt. 压破,压碎;镇压;弄皱;挤榨,榨出;
vi. 挤;被压碎,被起皱;
n. 粉碎,被压碎的状态;(特指女子对男性的)迷恋;拥挤的人群;果汁饮料;
"This machine is made to crush the rock into powder."
这台机器是用来把石头压成碎末的.
近义:quash, suffocate, pulp, macerate, mash, pound
反义:reactivate, reconstruct, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel, renovate
adj. 一半的,半个的;
n. 半;一半;(啤酒等饮料的)半品脱;(比赛、音乐会等的)半场;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业.
近义:mid, midway, partially, semi
反义:absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
adj. 全部的,所有的;完整的;
n. 整体,整个;全部;
💡 who(谁)+le(乐): 整个的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就变成 整个的了吗?
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义:totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral
反义:quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished
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