I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.
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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
adv. 几乎,差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 al(all)+most→差不多;几乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
近义:about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反义:liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
n. (电子)计算机,电脑;
💡 com一起+put认为,思考+er表名词,物 → 帮助一起思考的机器 → 计算机
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
近义:software, computational, computing
adv. 实际上;事实上;确实;竟;
💡 actual(真实的)+ly(副词后缀)→真实地;实际地
"What did she actually say?"
她到底是怎么说的?
近义:inclusively, just, authentically, properly, quite, real
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准(机械的)速度;拨准(钟、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期(付款)的;
int. [体育]时间到,(一场或一局等的)比赛时限,暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
adj. 有毛病的,失常的;错误的,不正确的;不好的,不公正的;反对的,相反的,颠倒的,背面的,里面的;
adv. 不对,错误,失当;不好,不公正;逆,颠倒,翻转;有毛病,不舒服;
n. 过失,错误;不义的行为;不义行为;犯罪;
vt. 委屈,无理地对待,诽谤;
💡 勿(w)容(rong)忍 错误的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄错了。不是红的那个,是蓝的那个。
近义:hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize
反义:heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair