Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness.

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promising ['prɑmɪsɪŋ] 词频2 词根: promise
adj. 有前途的;有希望的;光明;有为;
💡 miss,mit Miss,mit= send,cast,表示”送,放出”#词根助记:pro向前+mis
"All promising young cricketers would like to play for England."
所有年轻有为的板球运动员都愿意为英格兰打球.
近义:heartening, auspicious, pleasing, promissory, reassuring, encouraging 反义:inauspicious, negative, opposed, perverse, averse, bad
career [kə'rɪr] 词频2 词根: car
n. 生涯;职业;事业;速度,全速; adj. 作为毕生职业的; vi. 全速前进,猛冲;
💡 car, char 车, 跑
"a career in accounting"
会计职业
近义:experience, tradition, race, scurry, speed, sprint 反义:layoff, leisure, lockout, joblessness
sort [sɔrt] 词频1
n. 分类,类别;品质,本性;方法;一群; vt.& vi. 分类;整顿,整理;适合; vt. 挑选;把…分类;将…排顺序; vi. 分类;交往;协调;
💡 sort(kind)→种类;分类;整理;拣选
"You can't see in this light, but my new coat is a sort of brownish colour."
这种光线下你看不清楚,其实我的新外衣带棕色。
近义:arrange, order, organise, organize, pigeonhole, range 反义:jumble, mess, muss, shuffle, tousle, upset
creative [krɪ'etɪv] 词频4 词根: cre
adj. 创造性的,有创造力的;有创意的,创新的,创造的; n. (非正式)创意人士;
💡 cre增长,产生+ative形容词后缀,具有...性质的 → 有创造性的
"Creative, two - way learning between teacher and pupil can take place."
教师和学生之间创造性的 双向 学习是可以实现的.
近义:imaginative, improvising, innovative, inventive, originative, resourceful 反义:apish, imitating
lassitude ['læsə'tʊd]
n. 无精打采;不努力,懒怠;
💡 lass倦+itude抽象名词 →疲倦,无精打采
"Symptoms of anaemia include general fatigue and lassitude."
贫血症状包括全身疲劳和困乏。
近义:apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, laziness 反义:infatuation, ardor, ardour, keenness, passion, urge
wrong [rɔŋ] 词频1 词根: wr-
adj. 有毛病的,失常的;错误的,不正确的;不好的,不公正的;反对的,相反的,颠倒的,背面的,里面的; adv. 不对,错误,失当;不好,不公正;逆,颠倒,翻转;有毛病,不舒服; n. 过失,错误;不义的行为;不义行为;犯罪; vt. 委屈,无理地对待,诽谤;
💡 勿(w)容(rong)忍 错误的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄错了。不是红的那个,是蓝的那个。
近义:hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize 反义:heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair

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