Worse than a bad musician is a mercenary (musician). We need money to live but we don鈥檛 live to receive money. Besides, a pig with a gold chain on his neck always will be a pig
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n. 音乐家;
💡 mus音乐+ician表专家，从事某职业的人 →音乐家
"He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer."
他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了.
近义：instrumentalist, player, bandsman
adj. 雇用的;图利的，唯利是图的;
n. 雇佣兵;唯利是图者;
💡 merc交易+en名词后缀+ary...的→像贸易一样→惟利是图的
"Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man."
唯利是图的人胸中没有美德.
近义：freelance, aspiring, materialistic, avaricious, possessive, pushful
反义：unbribable
vt.& vi. 收到;接到;接纳;接待;
vt. 接收;受理;欢迎;承受;
vi. 接到，获得;接见，欢迎;[电子学] 接收;[橄榄球] 接球;
💡 re一再，重新+ceive抓→全部→发觉→接受；收到
"It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's study."
学习得到好评是令人鼓舞的.
近义：get, welcome, greet, accept, take, inherit
反义：mail, remit, ship, transfer, issue, consign
adv. 而且;此外;以及;更;
prep. （表示排斥）除…之外（还有）;在…之外（还有），…之余兼;
💡 be构成介词+side边+s表副词 →此外，而且
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐，我们还有很多共通点。
近义：moreover, otherwise, otoh, withal, then, additionally
反义：either
adj. 更坏的;恶化的;更厉害的;严重的( bad,ill,badly的比较级);
adv. 更坏地，更糟地;（程度上）更…;
n. 更坏的事物;
"The rooms were awful and the food was worse."
房间很糟糕，吃的更差。
近义：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
反义：higher, paramount, preferable, superior, topmost, upper
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
💡 如果乱花 钱，家长会“骂你”（谐音）
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
近义：assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies