Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.
— George F. Will  ·  Americans

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admirable ['ædmərəbl;'ædmərəbəl] 词频3 词根: 惊奇
adj. 令人钦佩的;极好的，绝妙的;值得赞扬的;可贵;
"Her dedication to her work was admirable."
她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。
近义：laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, remarkable, ripping, wonderful 反义：horrible, low, lowly, mean, odious, base
American [ə'merikən] 词频1
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
overreaching
v. 因过于雄心勃勃而失败( overreach的现在分词 )
近义：important, landmark, large, major, momentous, overpowering
Americans
n. 美国人（American的复数形式）
excesses
n. 过份荒淫的行为；剩余额（excess的复数）

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🏷 更多「Americans」名言

"The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way."
— Henry David Thoreau
"Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States."
— J. Bartlett Brebner
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
— H. L. Mencken
"An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before."
— Mark Twain
"George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?"
— Jeff Melvoin
"The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly."
— John F. Kennedy
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