Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...
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turning
['tɝnɪŋ]
n. 旋转;转向;转弯处;车工工艺;
v. 转动;扭转;(使)变成;“turn”的现在分词;
💡 turn转+ing名词后缀 → 转向;旋转
"Not turning up was just a cop-out."
不露面只不过是在逃避而已。
近义:turn, bend, corner, curve, revolution, rotation
n. 混乱;无秩序;无政府状态;
💡 an无+arch统治者+y名词后缀 → 无政府状态
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
军事统治政权被推翻以后,接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
近义:lawlessness, misgovernment, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, acracy
反义:arbitrareity, absolutism, autocracy, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship
vt.& vi. 听到,听见;
vt. 听说;得知;听取;审理;
vi. 听;听见;
💡 h(身体两侧)+ear(耳朵):身体两侧能 听见
"I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen."
我听得见他在厨房里瞎折腾。
近义:listen, overhear, hearken, hark, harken
v. 落下;跌倒;减少;沦陷;
n. 落下;瀑布;秋天;减少;
💡 所有的(all)的树叶落下(fall)来,秋天(fall)到了 网友:wangqidong 补充:(f)风把(all)所有的树叶吹下来,秋天(fall)到了
"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:plonk, slump, decline, decrease, descend, diminish
反义:arise, ascend, peak, stand, tower, uprise
adv. 相隔,相距;分散地,分开地;成部分,成碎片;分辨;
adj. 分离的,隔离的;
💡 a(=to)+part(部分):去 分开
"The two houses stood 500 metres apart."
两座房子相距500米。
近义:aside, separately
n. 中心;(市镇的)中心区;中心点;中枢;
vt.& vi. 置于中央;集中;把…当作中心;(使)成为中心;
"the centre of a circle"
圆心
近义:middle, midpoint, midst, center