There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey.
— John Ruskin  ·  No category

📚 名句词汇解析

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person ['pɝsn] 词频1 词根: per
n. 人;（语法）人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter 反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
alone [ə'lon] 词频1 词根: a
adj. 单独的;独一无二的;独自的; adv. 单独地;独自地;孤独地;只，只有;
💡 al(all)+one→单独的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
近义：isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary 反义：joint
prey [pre] 词频2
n. 被捕食的动物;捕食（习性）;受害者;受骗者; vi. 捕食;（疾病等）使人慢慢衰弱;折磨;（人）靠欺诈为生;
💡 prey(prey)→掠食；牺牲者；捕食；掠夺
"the relationship between predator and prey"
捕食性动物与猎物之间的关系
近义：hunt, chase, kill, quarry, sport, catch
scarcely ['skɛrsli] 词频1
adv. 几乎不，简直不;刚刚，才;决不;（刚）一…就;
"I can scarcely believe it."
我几乎不敢相信。
近义：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly 反义：rather, enough, amply
world [wɝld] 词频1
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
little ['lɪtl] 词频1
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的; adv. 不多，略微;少许，一点;短时间地; n. （表示否定）微少;没有多少;短时间; det. （数量上）微少的，少到几乎没有的;（a little）少量的，一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny 反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital

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"...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work."
"Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave."
"Every increased possession loads us with new weariness."
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