Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.
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adj. 当代的，现代的;同时代的，同属一个时期的;
n. 同代人;同辈人;同龄人;当代人;
💡 con共同+tempor时间+ary...的→同时代的
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：coeval, present, simultaneous, coetaneous, coexistent, coexisting
反义：impromptu, improvised, kludgy, scratch, unrehearsed, unscripted
n. 观念，概念;观点;思想，设想，想法;总的印象;
💡 con共同+cept掌握→能共同掌握的→概念，设计
"the concept of social class"
社会等级的概念
近义：idea, knowledge, notion, thought, understanding, belief
反义：imprecision, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstruction, misinterpretation
n. 美国人;美洲人; 美国英语;
adj. 美国的 ;美洲的;地道美国式的;
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整洁体面的典型美国男孩
近义：us
adv. 足够地，充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足够的;
n. 充分，足够;满足;
int. 够了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金 呢 ?
近义：sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反义：inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
vt. 抓住;了解;急忙抓住;急切（或贪婪）地抓住;
n. 控制;控制力;能力所及;
vi. 攫取（常与 at 连用）;急于接受;急切地寻求（常与 for 连用）;
💡 狗拉屎”(谐音)怕 抓住 网友：tom Qin Xiao 补充：因为grasp（抓住）一根grass（小草），才没掉下山崖。 抓住草(gras) 皮(p). 网
"The bag was wrenched from her grasp."
那只包从她紧握的手里被夺了出来。
近义：hold, apprehend, arrest, nab, seize, snatch
反义：unhand
adj. 能够的;有能力的;有才干的;干练的;
💡 阿(a)爸(b)乐(le)是 有能力的表现 网友：悟理 agitate 英语天才 补充：一个(a)有能力的伯乐(b le) 背英语AB快乐的人是有能力的
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干这项工作你得会说法语。
近义：apt, artful, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled
反义：heavy, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, oafish, awkward