Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.
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n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. (人的)情况;局面,形势,处境;位置;[心理学]情境;
💡 situ=site位置 + ation 名词后缀→ 形势,环境
"Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation."
已经采取措施以改善局面。
近义:incident, intricacy, picture, prickliness, problems, state
n. 天资,才能;天才,人才;塔兰特,古代的一种计量单位,可用来记重量或作为货币单位;<旧,非正式>性感的人;
💡 他能的(谐音): 天才他能的 tal(tall高)+ent(人):高人- 天才
"a constellation of Hollywood talent"
一群好莱坞天才
近义:aptitude, aptness, ingenuity, intellect, intelligence, invention
反义:inadequacy, incompetence, ineptness, unsuitability
making
['mekɪŋ]
n. 制造;产生的过程;成功改进的手段;原料,材料;
v. “make”的现在分词;
"The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her children."
这位老太太忙着为孩子们做衣服.
近义:manufacture, preparation, workmanship, confection, construct, construction
adj. 最好的( good和well的最高级);最愉快的;最幸福的;最合适的;
adv. 最好地;最出色地;最高标准地;
n. 佼佼者;(个人的)最高水平;最重要的优越性;最好的东西,最合乎要求的事物;
vt. [口]打败,胜过;
"He is arguably the best actor of his generation."
按理他是他那一代中最优秀的演员。
近义:master, outgo, outmatch, outrange, outrank, outstrip
反义:badder, baddest, worse
adv. 大约;旋转;到处,四处;在周围;
prep. 围绕;在附近;前后,左右;在…周围;
💡 前缀:a 表示加强意义
"He arrived around five o'clock."
他大约是五点钟到的。
近义:about, approximately, loosely, nearly, roughly, thereabout