He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
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living ['lɪvɪŋ] 词频1
adj. 活(着)的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的; n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道; v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;(按照规矩)管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活,生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义:livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive 反义:inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
rustic ['rʌstɪk] 词频3 词根: rus
adj. 乡村的,乡下的;质朴的,朴素的;粗鲁的;圆木造的; n. 乡下人,农夫;粗汉;
💡 rust农村+ic...的人 →乡村的,乡下人
"an old cottage full of rustic charm"
充满了乡村魅力的旧农舍
近义:artless, ordinary, pastoral, peasant, pedestrian, prosaic 反义:highbrow, learned, literate, mannerly, polite, scholarly
hour ['aʊɚ] 词频1
n. 小时,钟头;时间,时刻;固定时间;课时;
"The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour."
在上下班高峰时间,城市的交通混乱不堪。
近义:time, date
rightly ['raitli] 词频4
adv. 正确地;公正地;肯定地;无疑地;
"The school was rightly proud of the excellent exam results."
学校为这次出色的考试成绩感到骄傲,这是理所当然的。
近义:aptly, aright, just, justly, precisely, properly 反义:unfairly
river ['rivə] 词频1 词根: 河流
n. 河,江;溪,巨流;
"We crossed the bridge over the river Windrush."
我们穿过了温德拉什河上的桥。
近义:fluvial
postpones
v. 延期, 推迟( postpone的第三人称单数 )

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