Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
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adj. 有魅力的;引人注目的;迷人的;招人喜爱的;
💡 at 加强+ tract拉 + ive ...的 → attract拉过来=吸引+ ive ...的 →引人注目的
"I like John but I don't find him attractive physically."
我喜欢约翰,不过我认为他长得并不英俊。
近义:appealing, inciting, inviting, arresting, arrestive, likable
反义:heinous, hideous, icky, loathly, loathsome, nasty
n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群;
adj. 上流社会的,社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会,社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义:aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反义:personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
n. 三十;三十个;三十年代;三十的记号;
adj. 三十的,三十个的;
num. 三十;三十个;
💡 thir=three三+ty十 → 三十
"There are thirty people in the classroom, counting the teacher."
把老师算上,教室里有30个人.
adj. 满的,装满的;完全的,完整的;丰富的;详尽的;
adv. 极其,十分;充分地,完全地;整整;直接地;
n. 充分,完全;全部;完整;极盛时;
v. 把衣服缝得宽大;把裙子缝出皱褶;[印]蒸洗,漂洗;
💡 因为fill(充满)所以full(满的)
"The streets were noisy and full of activity."
街上熙熙攘攘,车水马龙。
近义:felt, abounding, laden, overcrowded, overstuffed, plump
反义:hollow, unladen, unoccupied, vacant, void
n. 出生;分娩;起源;出身;
💡 b(分芽)+i(水)+r(分叉)+h(枝体)+t(大树):种子在水滋润下发芽分叉最终成为枝体茂盛的大树- 出生
"Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate."
有几个因素已被援引来说明出生率降低的原因。
近义:childbirth, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin
反义:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的;
adv. 免费地;自由地,无拘束地;一帆风顺地;
vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反义:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew