Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives.
📚 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
n. 下降;（力量、健康、品格、权力、价值等的）衰退;下倾;（人、生命等的）衰退期;
vt.& vi. 辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）;
vi. （道路、物体等）下倾;（太阳）落下;（在品格、价值上）降低;衰落，谢绝;
vt. 谢绝，婉拒;
💡 de向下+clin倾斜=lean,slope+e→倾斜；衰退
"We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline."
我们得采取纠偏行动来阻止这个国家的衰落。
近义：refuse, snub, spurn, disregard, lapse, lessen
反义：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号;
v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
n. 自尊;骄傲;自满;（狮）群;
vt. 以…而自豪， 得意于…;
vi. 自豪，骄傲，得意;
💡 婆(p)会骑(ride)马很 骄傲 p(prince王子)+ride(骑):王子骑着高头大马很 骄傲 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：旁人（pr）成功时我自豪地拿着
"She was still young and in the pride of her beauty."
她仍然年轻貌美.
近义：imperiousness, insolence, insolency, arrogance, arrogancy, lordliness
反义：humbleness, lowliness, meekness, humility
adj. 级别最高的;总的;主要的;最重要的;
n. 族长;酋长;首领;主管人员;
💡 欺付（谐音）： 首领欺付小弟
"Air Chief Marshal Sir Robin Hall"
空军上将罗宾∙霍尔爵士
近义：head, headman, manager, principal, boss, gaffer
反义：helper, houseboy, lackey, lacquey, maid, manservant
n. 原因;动机;理由;事业;
vt. 成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受;
💡 不是(be)因为(because) 引起的
"The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence."
这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的.
近义：induce, inspire, instigate, instill, make, occasion
反义：hinder, obstruct, oppose, avert, preclude, prevent