When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist.
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n. 圣人般的人(指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人);圣…(冠于人名、地名之前);(因其生死言行而被基督教会追封的)圣人;圣徒;
vt. 成为圣徒;把…视为圣徒;
💡 saint(sacred)→圣徒;圣者;列为圣徒
"Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint."
我年轻时的确热心于和圣贤经常来往.
近义:canonize, st.
反义:layperson, secular
n. 共产主义者,共产主义的支持者;共产党党员;巴黎公社社员;
adj. 共产主义者的;共产党的;
💡 com(together)+muni(service)+st(名词后缀)→共产主义者;共产党员
"He was confirmed posthumously as a member of the Chinese Communist Party."
他被追认为中国共产党党员.
近义:leftish, leftist, radical, red, bolshie, bolshy
反义:illiberal, orthodox, reactionary, rightist, square, tory
vt. 喂养;满足(欲望等);向…提供;供…作食物;
vi. 吃,以…为食;流入,注入,进入(如油流入机器);[电子学]馈入;
n. 饲料(尤指粗饲料),施肥;喂送;草料;(尤指向地方性电视台)馈送电视节目;
💡 粗劣的食物(food)可以 喂牲口
"Birds feed on nuts and berries in the winter."
鸟类靠坚果和浆果过冬。
近义:maintain, nourish, nurture, support, sustain, uphold
反义:underfeed
adj. 贫穷的,贫乏的;令人怜悯的,可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 贫困者,穷人;
💡 穿破(po)衣服的人(or),是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义:indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反义:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
v. 呼唤,喊叫;召唤,叫来,召集;下令,命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫,大声喊;电话联络;必要,理由;要求;
💡 c(形像电话筒)a11音“拷”,电话筒和手铐都有一个圆
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要对我使用暴力,不然我就叫警察。
近义:phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene
反义:scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband
adj. 饥饿的;渴望的,渴望得到;(统称)饥民;荒年的,不毛的;
💡 因为hungry(饿),匆忙(hurry)去买饭。 网友:马 补充:已婚(hun)女孩(gr)比丫头(y)饥渴
"Is anyone getting hungry?"
有人觉得饿吗?
近义:hungering, peckish, ravenous, starved, starveling, starving
反义:jaded, replete, sated, satiate, satisfied, overfilled