What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if it were missing, the ocean would lack something.
📚 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
adj. 失去的;下落不明的;
v. 错过( miss的现在分词);
💡 miss 表示“丢失”\" + ing [名词后缀],构成抽象名词,表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → a.缺掉的,失去的
"The missing letter had been misfiled."
找不着的那封信放错地方了。
近义:absent, lost, astray, mislaid, stray, departed
反义:coexistent, contemporary, current, existent, left, leftover
adj. 较少的(little的比较级);较小的;较次的,较劣的;较不重要的;
adv. 较少地,较小地;
prep. 减去;少掉;不足;
n. 较少,较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义:least, lesser, minus
vt.& vi. (使)落下;投下;(使)降低;减少;
vt. 放弃;停止;(故意)降下;垂下(眼睛);
n. 滴;空投;降落;少量;
vi. (水或其他液体)滴;结束;(因受伤或死等)倒下;退出;
"to drop anchor"
抛锚
近义:tumble, loose, lower, reduce, slump, decline
反义:heave, heft, hoist, jack, lift, raise
vt. 缺乏,缺少;需要的东西;
n. 缺乏,不足,没有;缺少的东西;
💡 辣味(la)公鸡(ck)很 缺乏
"Her brain was befogged by lack of sleep."
她因缺乏睡眠而头脑昏沉。
近义:necessitate, need, require, want, inadequacy, inefficiency
反义:lavishness, lot, luxuriance, luxuriancy, overabundance, plentifulness
📜 Mother Teresa 的更多名言
"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love."