America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇,帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 泥土;土地,国土;滋生地,温床;粪尿,肥料;
vt. 弄脏,污辱;给…上粪(施肥);被弄脏,变脏;用青草饲料喂养(牲口);
vi. 变脏、受污染或玷污的;变脏;
💡 soil(full)→以青草喂(牛马)
"Earthworms do the important job of aerating the soil."
蚯蚓做了使土壤透气的重要工作。
近义:maculate, muddy, attaint, smear, smirch, smooch
反义:lather, lave, mop, rinse, rub, scour
vi. 跳,弹跳;限制;接壤;
vt. 给…划界,限制;使弹回,使跳跃;束缚;
n. 界限,限制;跃起;(球等的)反跳;
adj. 用带子绑住的;有义务的;装订的,有封面的;[化,物]结合的;
💡 bound(to bind)→装订好的;必定;决心的;被束缚的
"She was bound to a chair."
她被捆在一把椅子上。
近义:hop, jump, leap, spring, vault, limit
反义:unconfined, unhampered, unhindered
vt.& vi. 移动,搬动;
vi. 搬家;行动;进展;(机器等)开动;
vt. 提议;使感动;摇动;变化;
n. 改变;迁移;
💡 mob, mov, mot 表”移动”
"Could we move on now to …?"
我们现在可以接着讨论…吗?
近义:relocate, remove, shuttle, transfer, translocate, withdraw
反义:freeze, remain, abide, caseharden
united
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a. 联合的, 团结的, 一致的, 和睦的\\n[法] 联合的, 统一的, 一致的
近义:joined, joint, associated, near, nearby, neighboring
反义:isolated, remote, retired, segmented, separated, severed
n. 血,血液;流血,杀戮,杀人(罪),牺牲;有…类型的血的,血统;血气,气质;
vt. 用血染(皮革等),用血弄湿;使出血,抽…的血;让新人初试做某事,使先取得经验;
💡 便秘者是“不拉的”(谐音blood),一拉就出血 B型(b)一百(loo)升的(d)血 暴力(bl) 血流成河似洪水(flood) 网友:cbz1998 补充:
"abnormal levels of sugar in the blood"
血糖值不正常
近义:kindred, lineage, ascendancy, ascendency, origin, parentage
反义:plebeianism, commonality
n. 出生;分娩;起源;出身;
💡 b(分芽)+i(水)+r(分叉)+h(枝体)+t(大树):种子在水滋润下发芽分叉最终成为枝体茂盛的大树- 出生
"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:childbirth, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin
反义:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end