Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.
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adj. 想不到的,料不到的;意外的;忽然的;突然的;
💡 un 不 + expect期望 + ed“...的” → adj. 想不到的, 意外的, 突然的
"Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city."
市中心有这样的美景真是出乎意料。
近义:abrupt, nonexpected, quick, sharp, spontaneous, sudden
反义:probable, expectable, expected
n. 事件;意外发生的事;
v. 发生(happen的现在分词);碰巧;
💡 hap(luck)+pen+ing(形容词后缀)→事件
"The child at the back craned forward to see what was happening."
后面的孩子探出头看看出了什么事.
近义:imminence, approach, incident, instance, arrival, occasion
n. 组,团体;群,批;(雕塑等的)群像;(英美的)空军大队;
vt.& vi. 使成群,集合;
vt. 分类,归类;
💡 一群羊(group)正在成长(grou)
"the Child Poverty Action Group"
解除儿童贫困行动小组
近义:cluster, bind, concrete, conglutinate, agglomerate, agglutinate
反义:isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach, disjoin
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. (食品)保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持,保养;供养,抚养;生活,生计;饲料;牧草;
"Social services keep lists of at-risk children ."
社工组织保留有在家里可能遭受伤害的孩子名单。
近义:hold, husband, maintain, reserve, retain, save
反义:transfer, cede, give, transgress, trespass, violate