Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt.& vi. 用钱,花钱;
vt. 花费;消耗;花(时间);度过;
n. (为某目的或某段时间内的)花销,花费,开销;
💡 s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花费;耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义:outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反义:husband, keep, maintain, conserve
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
n. 休息;剩余部分;支持物;宁静,安宁;
vt.& vi. (使)休息;(使)倚靠[支撑];
vi. 休息;静止;停止;安心;
vt. 使休息;使轻松;使长眠;使依赖;
"You deserve a rest after all that hard work."
辛苦劳累那么久,你该休息一下了。
近义:relax, repose, lean, put, recline, place
反义:heave, hoist, lift, make, peak, rear
n. 生活,生计;生命,性命;一生,寿命;人生,尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义:being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
n. 水;雨水;海水;海域;
v. 给…浇水;供以水;加水稀释;流泪;
💡 字母W像水的波浪,联想到水。
"A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water."
微风拂动水面.
近义:irrigate, squirt, douche, weep, blubber, boohoo
n. 机会,机遇;概率,可能性;偶然,运气;
v. 偶然发生;冒险;碰巧;偶然被发现;
adj. 意外的;偶然的;碰巧的;
💡 碰巧有 机会阐(chan)述我的计策(ce)
"I would do it if I had the chance."
如果我有机会的话,我也会那么做。
近义:hazard, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, risk, stake
反义:assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness