Society is like the air; necessary to breathe, but insufficient to live on.
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n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群;
adj. 上流社会的,社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会,社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义:aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反义:personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
adj. 必要的;强制的;必然的;不可避免的;
n. 必需品;
💡 necess必要 + ary 表示有...性质的, → a.必要的;必然的
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义:indispensable, inevitable, mandatory, needful, obligatory, obliged
反义:needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
adj. 不足的,不够的;绌;亏短;支绌;
💡 in不 + suf在下面 + fici做 + ent...的 → in不+sufficient在下面做好的=充足的 → 不足的
"His salary is insufficient to meet his needs."
他的薪水不够应付需要。
近义:inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
反义:sufficient, sufficing
vi. 呼吸;活着,生存;小憩一会儿,歇歇气;散发香气;
vt. 呼吸;吸进(如香气);尤指平静地吐露,低语;使…明显的,暗示;
💡 这个(the)面包(bread)会 呼吸
"The doctor asked me to breathe in, then to breathe out fully."
医生让我先吸气, 然后全部呼出.
近义:respire, exhale, imbue, implant, infuse, inspire
反义:inbreathe, inspire, snuff, aspirate, suffocate
vi. 生存;居住;生活,过活;在生活中得到享受;
vt. 经历;度过;
"We cannot live without water."
没有水我们不能生存。
近义:last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell
反义:perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart