Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.

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ambition [æm'bɪʃən] 词频2 词根: it
n. 抱负;渴望得到的东西;追求的目标;夙愿; vt. 追求;有…野心;
💡 amb大+it行走+ion名词后缀→走大步→雄心,志向
"She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer."
她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。
近义:covet, dream, moneygrubbing, avarice, avidity, avidness 反义:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
posture ['pɑstʃɚ] 词频5 词根: pos
n. 姿势;看法; 态度;立场; vt. 做出某种姿势;
💡 pos放置,摆放+ture名词后缀→ 摆出的姿势→ 姿势,姿态
"The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence."
政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度.
近义:attitudinize, dramatize, exaggerate, attitude, pose, position
often ['ɔf(tə)n] 词频1
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of), 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反义:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
upon [ə'pɑn] 词频1
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义:above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er
creeping
n. 爬行\\na. 爬行的
近义:slither, crawl, crawling, low, perverse, repent
climbing [['klaimiŋ]]
a. 攀缘而登的, 上升的\\nn. 攀登
近义:ascension, ascent, mounting, scaling, acclivity, escalade 反义:lowering, dropping, comedown, decline, decrease, decrement

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