Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.
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n. 假日，休息日;节日;
vi. 度假，休假;
💡 holi=holy神圣的+day日子 → 宗教节日 → 节日，假日
"The company offers scuba-diving as an add-on to the basic holiday price."
这家公司提供带水肺潜水活动，不包括在基本度假费用以内。
近义：vacation, aestivate, estivate, holyday, playday, sabbath
反义：weekday, usable, workaday, exploitable
adj. 过分慷慨的;非常浪费的;过分丰富的;大量生产的;
vt. 过分给予，滥施;浪费，挥霍;慷慨地给与;
💡 lav洗,冲洗+ish形容词或动词后缀→冲掉→浪费
"It was a lavish reception as befitted a visitor of her status."
这场铺张的招待可算得正适合她这种身份的来访者。
近义：squander, waste, luxuriate, abounding, highfalutin, highfaluting
反义：husband, keep, maintain, conserve, idle, immaterial
n. 象征;标志;符号;记号;
vt. 用符号代表;
💡 sym共同，相同+bol抛→共同抛出的标志→象征
"Exotic pets are the latest status symbol."
养珍禽异兽是表现社会地位的最时髦方式。
近义：mark, badge, sign, earmark, emblem, typeface
adj. 大量的，充足的;丰富的，富有的;丰足;阜;
💡 ab一再+und波动+ant...的→波浪一多就溢出了→丰富的
"Fish are abundant in the lake."
湖里鱼很多。
近义：abounding, lavish, lush, luxuriant, magnificent, numerous
反义：inadequate, insignificant, insufficient, lacking, meager, meagre
n. 消费;肺病;耗尽;[医学]消耗性疾病;
💡 con共同+ sumpt = take拿+ ion表名词 →consumpt全拿完=消耗+ion表名词→ 消耗量
"Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather."
燃气和燃油的消耗量在天冷时总会增加。
近义：ingestion, intake, usage, use, overexertion, overstrain
反义：industry, manufacture, manufacturing, output, outturn, preparation
n. 结果;（尤指足球比赛的）胜利;[体]比分;成功实现的事;
vi. 发生，产生;归结为，导致;后果，终结;由…而造成[产生];
💡 re反问+sult跳→反回来的东西→结果
"Is personality the result of conditioning from parents and society, or are we born with it?"
个性是受父母和社会熏陶的结果，还是我们生而有之？
近义：implication, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny