When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.
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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
adj. <正> 不合意的;令人不快的;讨厌的;(人)不友善的;
💡 grat, gree, grac =pleasing,表示”感激,高兴”#词根助记:dis否定+a向着+gree=使……不高兴=不同意
"a disagreeable bad-tempered man"
一个脾气不好难以相处的男人
近义:annoying, antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough
反义:likeable, nice, personable, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing
vt.& vi. 执行;履行;表演;扮演;
vt. 工作;做;进行;完成;
vi. 运行,表现;(驯兽)玩把戏;
💡 完全(per)+形式(form):使形式完全一样靠 执行
"to perform an autopsy"
进行尸体剖验
近义:make, realize, accomplish, achieve, complete, do
n. 第一,最初;头等;一号,;[乐]高音部;
adv. 最早,最初;首次;宁愿;优先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的,最早的;基本的,概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上,训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义:initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反义:hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost