If I am to die, this is the week for it. -- John F. Kennedy (to aide John McClone in response to a CIA report about rumours of an assassination plot), June 1962.
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n. 反应;回答,答复;[宗]回应经文,应唱圣歌;
💡 re回,向后+sponse承诺 → 回答;答应
"I could elicit no response from him."
我从他那里套不出任何反应。
近义:rejoinder, reply, retort, answer, reception, welcome
n. 报告;成绩报告单;传闻;流言蜚语;
vt.& vi. 报道;公布;宣告;
vt. 告发,举报;使报到;
💡 re回+port拿,带→ 把消息、情况等带回来→ 报告,汇报
"This report is an acknowledgement of the size of the problem."
这个报告承认了问题的严重性。
近义:refer, relate, tell, broadcast, communicate, convey
反义:hide, mask, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 暗杀;
💡 assassin刺客 + ation 表示行为,结果 → n.刺杀,暗杀
"Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination."
议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了.
近义:killing, murder
n. 地基,基址图;(戏剧、小说等的)情节;一块地;测算表;
vt. 以图表画出,制图;密谋;把…分成小块;为(文学作品)设计情节;
vi. 设计作品情节;标示于图表上;密谋,暗中策划;
💡 在停车场(p)抽签(lot)是个 阴谋 网友:yqy补充: 在pot中间插了一根杠子(l)--阴谋
"The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot."
这部电影被不实际的牵强情节给毁了。
近义:machinate, scheme, trump, weave, brew, complot
反义:ardor, ardour, obedience, piety, troth, trueness