Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 决定;决心;解决;裁决;
vi. 决定;下决心;
💡 de使…成为+cide切→切下去→下决心→决定,决心
"You choose, I can't decide."
你来选吧,我拿不定主意。
近义:determine, resolve, set, settle, rule
反义:object, vary, clash, differ, disaccord, discord
adj. 乐意的,愿意的;自愿的,心甘情愿的;
v. will的现在分词;决心;用意志力驱使;
💡 will愿意 + ing 名词后缀→ 愿意的
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
双方都不愿意妥协,问题就在这里。
近义:anxious, appetent, intentional, aspiring, minded, avid
反义:hesitant, indisposed, loath, obdurate, obstinate, averse
n. 交换;交易;交易所;兑换(率);
vt. 交换,互换;兑换;交换,调换;
vi. 交换,替换;进行易货贸易,作物物交换;[金融业](货币)交换,兑换;
💡 ex 表示\"出,出去\" + change交换,替换 → vt.交换;交流\r\nn.交换
"Tom gave Helen an apple in exchange for a piece of cake."
汤姆用一个苹果与海伦换一块蛋糕.
近义:switchboard, central, interchange, permute, preempt, reciprocate
反义:protect, save, shelter, defend, guard
vt. 建立,创建;确立或使安全;使被安排好;使成为;
💡 e使...+stabl=stable牢固的+ish表动词,“造成…” →设立,建造
"She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory."
她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室.
近义:implement, appoint, inaugurate, inchoate, initiate, install
反义:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe
v. 想要;希望;打算;需要…在场;
n. 需要的东西;缺少;贫穷;
💡 因为want 所以want 东西
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些证据以后才提出控告。
近义:intend, like, mean, seek, will, wish
反义:scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate, downplay
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工厂;行为,事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam