In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
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n. 结论;结局;断定,决定;推论;
💡 con共同+clus关闭+ion名词后缀 → 结论,结束
"I've come to the conclusion that he's not the right person for the job."
我断定他不适合做这项工作。
近义:implication, inference, corollary, deduction, aftermath, finding
反义:inception, nascence, nascency, onset, rising, root
adj. 无用的,无效的;无价值的;差劲的;不怎么样的;
💡 use用+less无...的 →无用的
"The measures were decried as useless."
这些措施受到指责,说是不起作用。
近义:idle, inane, ineffective, insignificant, lousy, needless
反义:helpful, assistive, available, profitable, purposive, serviceable
adj. 坚固的,坚牢的;坚定的,坚决的;严格的;确定的;
vt.& vi. 使坚固;使坚实;
n. 商号,商行;公司;企业;工作集体;
adv. 坚定地,稳固地;
vt. 使坚定,使牢固;
vi. 变坚实,变稳固;
💡 firm =firm,表示”坚定,坚固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反义:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 国会;代表大会;(用于某些国家的政党名称)国民大会;社交;
vi. 开会,集合;
💡 con共同+gress行走→走到一起→代表大会
"But Congress is in a dangerously fretful mood."
但国会存在一种危险的焦躁情绪。
近义:assembly, meeting, conference, convention, convocation
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁);
int. 嗨!;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
n. 羞愧;羞辱;可耻的人;羞愧感;
vt. 使蒙羞;玷辱;使感到羞愧;使相形见绌;
💡 做过傻(sha)事的我(me),心里深感 羞愧
"His face burned with shame."
他的脸因羞愧而发烫。
近义:humble, humiliate, mortify, pillory, taunt, twit
反义:elate, impertinence, impudence, impudency, impudicity, insolence