Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
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n. 妒忌,猜忌;戒备,小心提防;
💡 jealous妒忌的+y表名词 →妒忌
"I felt sick with jealousy."
我羡慕得要死。
近义:heartburning, enviousness, envy
反义:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, longanimity
n. 天才;天赋;天才人物;(特别的)才能;
💡 geni出生,产生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亚的天才
近义:sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反义:idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
n. 致敬;悼念;贡品;体现;
💡 给予(tribut)的鹅(e)是 贡品 网友:yqy 补充:源自contribute
"The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work."
这个奖项是对她多年全心全意工作的恰如其分的褒奖。
近义:homage, laurel, tax, eulogy, impost, levy
mediocrity
[[ˌmi:di'ɔkriti]]
n. 平常, 平庸之才
近义:trashiness, commonalty, commonness, commonplaceness
反义:predominance, primacy, remarkableness, supremacy, quality, distinction