If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇,帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 符号;手势;迹象;指示牌;
vt.& vi. 签名;打手势;
💡 sign(mark)→记号;征兆;签字;做手势;表示
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字签在下面的空白处。
近义:legalize, authenticate, seal, stamp, subscribe, undersign
反义:abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, quash, repeal
n. 心,精神,心力,知,智力,智慧;心胸,头脑,人;愿望,目的,意向,意志,决心,见解,意见;记忆,记性,记忆力,回想;
vi. 介意;注意;
vt. 专心于;介意;愿意做;照顾;
💡 mind→心;意志;精神;理性;智力;注意;开会;介意
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义:heed, attend, ware, beware, follow, care
n. 意义;意思;重要性;
💡 sign记号,信号+ific产生…的+ance名词后缀→带有信号→重要;意义
"a decision of major political significance"
具有重大政治意义的决定
近义:import, meaning, purport, purposefulness, sense, significancy
反义:nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
n. 书桌,办公桌;服务台;部门;(美)讲道台;
adj. 书桌的,书桌上用的;
"She glares at me if I go near her desk."
我一走近她的办公桌,她就瞪我.
近义:scriptorium, workbench, worktable, bureau, davenport, escritoire
adj. 清洁的;整齐的;新的;正派的;
vt.& vi. (使)清洁;变干净;除去…的灰尘;使…干净;
vi. 清扫;
adv. 完全地,彻底地;
n. 打扫;
💡 玻璃很clean(干净),可以看到天空很clear(睛朗)
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整洁体面的典型美国男孩
近义:lather, lave, mop, rinse, rub, scour
反义:maculate, muddy, attaint, smear, smirch, smooch
v. 杂物, 零乱的东西<X>零乱<DDX>vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱糟糟地堆满, 把…弄得很乱; (以…) 塞满…
近义:jumbled, messy, pellmell, scrambled, sloppy, tumbled