Here at least we shall be free. . . Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇,帮助你深度理解这句话
vt.& vi. (为…)服务;任(职);提供;端上;
vt. 招待;(为…)工作;对…有用;向…供应;
vi. 适合;服役;供职;[网球、羽毛球]发球;
n. 网球等发球;发球权;所发的球;
💡 serv(serve)+e(动词后缀)→服务;供应;伺候;备餐;开球;发球
"Serve with a green salad."
端上去的时候配一份生菜色拉。
近义:tend, assist, pour, supply, dish, kickoff
adj. 最小的;最少的( little的最高级);最不重要的,地位最低的;
adv. 最少,最小;
n. 最小;最少量;
"We need at least 24 hours' notice of cancellation."
如欲取消,请至少提前24小时告知。
近义:lowest, lowliest, measly, merest, minimal, minimum
反义:maximal, meridian, top, upmost, uppermost, greatest
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的;
adv. 免费地;自由地,无拘束地;一帆风顺地;
vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反义:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
vi. 当政,统治;占主导地位;
vt. 想法、情感或氛围盛行,成为最显著的;
n. 君主的统治;君主统治时期;任期;当政期;
💡 reign=regin:reg(=rule)+in(里面): 统治 网友:yqy 补充:解释foreign:for(为了),reign统治:为了统治外国人才到国
"The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century."
伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪.
近义:prevail, dominate, govern, imperium, reich, sovereignty
反义:obey, surrender, yield, bow, cede, conform
n. 地狱,阴间;训斥;胡闹,见鬼;苦境,罪恶之地;
vi. 过放荡生活;(车辆)急驰,飞驰;
int. 该死;见鬼(表示惊奇、烦恼、厌恶、恼怒、失望等);
💡 他(he)被打入11层(11)地狱
"What the Hell's a Naiad Dyad?"
到底什么是“水中仙女二元体”?
近义:inferno, hades, pandemonium, chaos, heck, shit
反义:paradise, glory