The inability to secure a reservation drives yuppies absolutely crazy.
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adj. 安全的;牢固的;有把握的;安心的;
vt. 保护;(使)获得;使安全;担保;
vi. 获得安全,变得安全;安全,保险;承保,担保;[航海学]停止工作;
💡 se分开+cure关心→不关心,不担忧→安全的
"You could secure it on lay-by."
你可以预付订金方式购买此货。
近义:hold, assure, moor, attach, prop, reaffirm
反义:loose, release, unbind, unclench, uncouple, undo
n. 保留;预订,预约;保留地,专用地;
💡 reserv=reserve保留,预订 + ation 名词后缀→ (住处、席位的)预订
"I'll call the restaurant and make a reservation ."
我要给饭店打个电话预订座位。
近义:booking, measuredness, moderation, reserve, reservedness, restraint
adv. 绝对地;完全地;毫无疑问地;[语]独立地,分离地;
💡 ab不+solute松开+ly...地→不松开地→绝对地
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义:positively, quite, stark, thoroughly, totally, unconditionally
反义:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
n. 无能,无力;无才能;无能为力;
"a congenital inability to tell the truth"
生就的不会说实话
近义:impossibility, impracticability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence
反义:aptitude, aptness, intelligence, knack, potential, skilfulness
adj. 疯狂的;不理智的;离奇的;生气的;
n. [俚语]疯子,怪人,政治狂人(尤指政治上持激进或极端主义态度、行为异常、不可思议的人);
"Are you crazy? We could get killed doing that."
你疯了?我们那样做会丧命的。
近义:hothead, insane, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniatic
反义:sound, intelligent, levelheaded, logic, logical, moderate
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