The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.
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n. [天]行星;[占星](左右人命运的)星相;
💡 plano-, plan-, -plany, -plania 表”被动的漂流,闲逛”
"the planet Earth"
地球这颗行星
近义:planetary
adj. 绝望的;由绝望而引起的;铤而走险的,孤注一掷的;急切的,极度渴望的;
💡 de去掉+sper希望+ate动词后缀→去掉希望→绝望的
"The prisoners grew increasingly desperate."
犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。
近义:hopeless, overcome, despairful, despairing, despondent, excessive
反义:idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 危险;冒险;
vt. 置…于危险中;危及;
💡 peri, piri 表穿过,通过,尝试#词根助记:peri+il→尝试→冒险
"The country's economy is now in grave peril."
现在,这个国家的经济陷入了严重危机。
近义:hazard, jeopardy, parlousness, perilousness, risk, riskiness
n. 动物,兽,牲畜;<俚>家畜,牲口;<俚>畜生(一般的人);兽性;
adj. 动物的;肉体的;肉欲的;
💡 anim生命,精神+al名词后缀→有生命的东西→动物
"I have an allergy to animal hair."
我对动物毛过敏。
近义:beast, crittur, creature, critter, physical, beastly
反义:vegetal
adj. 精神的;心灵的;高尚的,崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌(尤指美国南部黑人的);教会事物;
💡 spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的;宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首转为会众集体跟唱的灵歌
近义:unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反义:worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
adj. 相等的,相当的,等效的;等价的,等积的;[化学]当量的;
n. 对等物;[化学]当量;
💡 equi相等,平均+val力量+ent形容词后缀→力量平等→相等的,等价的
"Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles."
八公里约等于五英里。
近义:match, counterpart, equal, identical, indistinct, interchangeable
反义:heterogeneous, inharmonious, irregular, assorted, asymmetric, asymmetrical