Hope is like a piece of string when you're drowning; it just isn't enough to get you out by itself.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 绳子，带子;线丝，植物纤维;串;[计算机科学]字符串;
vt. 上弦，调弦;使排成一行或一系列;绑，系或用线挂起;延伸或扩展;
💡 string(draw tight)→带；细绳；一串；弦；收紧；上弦；成串
"a string of pearls"
一挂珍珠
近义：skewer, thread, line, rope, twine, welt
n. 希望，期望;希望的东西;被寄予希望的人或事物、情况;抱有希望的理由;
vt.& vi. 希望，期望;
vt. [俚语]相信，认为;
vi. 希望，盼望，期待;
💡 侯补”对员有 希望成为正式队员
"He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation."
他是年轻一代的希望之灯。
近义：illusion, aspiration, reliance, trust, trustfulness, fantasy
反义：hopelessness, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, despondency
n. 块，片，段;部分，部件;文章，音乐作品;
vt. 修补;连接，接上;
"a piece of laboratory apparatus"
一件实验室仪器
近义：reassemble, mend, patch, hunk, length, lump
adv. 足够地，充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足够的;
n. 充分，足够;满足;
int. 够了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金 呢 ?
近义：sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反义：inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves