No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
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n. 水手，海员;驾船人;
💡 sail航行+or名词后缀，表示人 →水手，海员
"a lone sailor crossing the Atlantic"
独自横渡大西洋的人
近义：marine, mariner, seaman, swab, swob, swabby
n. 发明;发明才能;想出的办法;发明物;
"Such a machine is beyond the contrivance of ordinary people."
这种机器是一般人发明不出来的.
近义：plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge
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
pron. （反身代词）他自己;（用以加强语气）他亲自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他总是觉得自己一无是处, 便企图自杀.
近义：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself
n. 监狱;拘留所;
vt. 监禁;拘留;
💡 铁轨(rail)被连接(j)到 监狱 “监”（谐音）狱
"She spent a year in jail."
她坐了一年牢。
近义：imprison, incarcerate, mew, prison, cage, capture
n. 船;<口>宇宙飞船;（舰船上的）全体船员;运气;
vt.& vi. 运送;
vt. 把…装上船;装好（船具）;上市;使乘船;
vi. 在船上工作;乘船旅行;当船员;
💡 ship（船）-sheep（绵羊）:巡洋舰
"The ship was given the all-clear to sail."
这艘船获得了航行许可。
近义：mail, remit, send, transfer, issue, consign