We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
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vt. 破坏,摧毁;消灭,歼灭(敌人);杀死;使失败;
💡 de坏+stroy=struct建造 → 毁坏,破坏
"It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct."
谁都知道破坏容易建设难.
近义:shatter, impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack
反义:mend, refit, repair, service, tinker
v. 伸展;延伸;持续;包括;
n. 伸展;弹性;一片;一段时间;
adj. 可伸缩的;弹性的;
💡 stretch(draw tight)→伸张;拉紧;夸张;伸展;宽阔的空间
"Observant walkers may see red deer along this stretch of the road."
观察敏锐的步行者可能在这一路段看到赤鹿。
近义:protract, strain, tauten, elongate, hype, magnify
反义:narrow, retrench, shorten, compress, constrict, constringe
adv. 有时,间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义:occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反义:invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
n. 亲戚关系;
adj. 同宗的; 同源的;类似的; 相似的;
"He claims kindred with royalty."
他声称跟王室有亲戚关系.
近义:kinship, likeness, parentage, resemblance, resemblancekinship, sameness
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地;
n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间;
det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
vt. (使)破;打破(纪录);(常指好天气)突变;开始;
vi. (嗓音)突变;突破;破晓;(价格)突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中间休息;间断;短假;
💡 把一块bread(面包)从中间break(折断) 面包(bread)壳(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他们婚姻的破裂
近义:debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反义:mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel