In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. (实)例,事例;情况,状况;诉讼(事件),案件,判例;容器(箱,盒);
vt. 把…装入箱(或盒等)内;加盖于;包围,围住;[俚语](尤指盗窃前)探察,侦查,窥测;
💡 cas(to fall)+e→事件;事情;场合;状态;诉讼事件;患者
"They filed an application to have their case heard early."
他们申请早日审理他们的案子.
近义:incident, instance, occasion, occurrence, opportunity, circumstance
worried
['wɝrɪd]
adj. 困恼的,为难的;担心的;
v. 担心( worry的过去式和过去分词);
💡 worr=worry担心+ied形容词后缀 → 担心的
近义:anxious, jumpy, nervous, preoccupied, qualmish, queasy
反义:insouciant, lighthearted, slapdash, unconcerned, unmindful, untroubled
n. 一代人;代(约30年),时代;生殖;产生;
💡 gener出生,产生 + ation 表示行为状态、过程 → n.一代,一代人;产生
"This book was handed down from generation to generation."
这本书世代相传.
近义:lifetime, period, season, time, chapter, age
vi. 变为,成为;变得;变成;
vt. 适合,适宜;相称,相当;变成;发生;
💡 be(upon)+come→变为;成为(=to come upon)
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里,他是她唯一的守护神。
近义:turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit
反义:remain, keep, stay, get
n. 出行,离去;出发;行为;工作情况;
adj. 活着的,现在的;进行中的,营业中的;现行的;流行中的;
v. 进行(go的现在分词);
"I would strongly advise against going out on your own."
我要极力奉劝你别单独外出。
近义:leaving, parting, withdrawment, departure, egress, exit
反义:appearance, appearing, imminence, approach, approaching, assistance
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加;
vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始;
vt.& vi. (使)留长,蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义:proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反义:shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken
🏷 更多「Age」名言
"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
— H. L. Mencken