Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
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v. 购买;采购;换得;依靠机械力移动;
n. 购买;购买行为;购置物;紧握;
💡 pur(pro-=for)+chase(追)→获得；购买；所购物；收益
"The saleslady compacted a neat package out of my wife's purchase."
那位女售货员把我妻子买的东西齐齐整整包装成一个包裹.
近义：obtain, procure, secure, acquire, buy, get
反义：merchandise, merchandize, retail, vend, flog, expend
n. 挪用;拨款;批准支出;
💡 ap一再+propri拥有+ation名词后缀→拨款；挪用
"dishonest appropriation of property"
以欺骗的手法侵吞财产
近义：incautation, arrogation, seizure, sequestration, usurpation, confiscation
反义：reconveyance, redelivery, remitter, return, rebate, drawback
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准（机械的）速度;拨准（钟、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期（付款）的;
int. [体育]时间到，（一场或一局等的）比赛时限，暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
vt.& vi. 阅读，朗读;显示;研究;看得懂;
vt. 显示;阅读;读懂，理解;
n. 阅读;读物;读书;里德（人名）;
adj. 被朗读的;博识的;博览的;有学问的;
"When we read out 4.23, we say " four point two three "."
我们把4.23读作 四点二三.
近义：say, perusal, reading, knowledgeable, learned, scholarly
n. 规则，规定;统治，支配;章程;
vt.& vi. 控制，支配;判定;裁定，裁决;价格稳定;
vt. 统治;规定;管理;裁决;
vi. 统治;管辖;裁定;
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"Tunisia achieved independence from French colonial rule in 1956."
突尼斯于1956年从法国的殖民统治下获得独立。
近义：lead, boss, captain, control, direct, dominate
反义：heed, hold, honor, keep, observe, respect