We could have bought a small yacht with what we spent on our dog an dall the things he destroyed. Then again, how many yachts wait by the door all day for your return?
📚 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
v. 回转，返回;复发，又来;送还;言归正传;
n. 归来，返乡;来回，汇成;赢利;统计表;
💡 re回，向后+turn转→回来，返回
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校，开始新学年的学习。
近义：reappear, reenter, regress, redeliver, redintegrate, refund
反义：migrate, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, transmigrate
adj. 小的;难为情的;低级的，卑劣的;细微的，微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 细小部分，腰部;琐碎东西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
近义：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
a. 用尽的, 精疲力竭的\\nspend的过去式和过去分词
近义：outworn, unavailable, consumed, depleted, exhausted
adv. 再一次;再说;此外;不过;
💡 小偷一次(a)得手(gain)还想 再次。
"Could you say it again, please?"
请再说一遍好吗？
近义：more, afresh, agin, encore, anew
vt.& vi. 等候;等待;（尤指长期地）希望;盼望;
vi. 准备妥;在手边;可得到;可使用;
vt. 推迟，搁置，延缓;
💡 因为want（想要），所以wait(等) 青蛙(wa)为它(it) 等了好久
"I'll wait until they arrive."
我会一直等到他们来。
近义：await, bide, expect, waiting, delay