An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.
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adj. 卓越的;杰出的;优秀的;太好了;
💡 ex离开+cell监狱+ent...的→品德优秀的人离监狱很远 →杰出的
"For a car of this size the lock is excellent."
对于这种大小的车子来说,这刹车要算很好了.
近义：marvelous, wonderful, magnificent, outstanding, prime, select
反义：lousy, abysmal, punk, rotten, terrible, worse
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 经济学家，经济专家;
💡 eco =house 家,居住的地方#词根助记：eco家+nom管理=管理家=节约,经济
"a disciple of the economist John Maynard Keynes"
经济学家约翰∙梅纳德∙凯恩斯的信徒
scalpel
[skæl'pɛl]
n. 外科手术刀;
"This is the scalpel which Norman Bethune used in those days."
这是当年白求恩大夫用的手术刀.
近义：lancet, bistoury
adj. 粗糙的，崎岖不平的;粗鲁的;狂暴的，汹涌的;未经加工的;
vt. 粗暴地对待;使粗糙;草拟;
n. 粗糙的部分;艰难，苦难;（高尔夫球场的）深草区;
adv. 粗暴地;
vi. 举止粗野;
💡 rough(rag破布): 粗糙的 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：吃完肉（ro）、喝完杯（u）里的酒后，哥哥（g）粗鲁的摇晃着杯子
"These rough roads soon wore the tread of motorcycle tires off."
这些崎岖不平的路很快就把摩托车轮胎磨平了.
近义：insult, maltreat, mistreat, offend, outrage, abuse
反义：obtuse, contusive, dull, dulled, edgeless, matched
lancet
['lɑ:nsit, læn-]
n. 柳叶刀;刺血针;口针;
"The nurse pierced the skin of the boy with a lancet."
护士用刺血针刺入男孩的皮肤.
近义：scalpel, bistoury