Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.
📚 名句词汇解析
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v. 拒绝;回绝;推却;
n. 废弃物;垃圾;
💡 re回+fuse流,泻→向回流→拒绝
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒绝这样一个慷慨的提议未免失礼。
近义:reject, snub, spurn, waive, decline, deny
反义:indulge, assent, nod, accede, acquiesce, comply
vt. (使)前进;将…提前;预付;提出;
vi. (数量等)增加;向前推(至下一步);上涨;
n. 增长;借款;(价格、价值的)上涨;预付款;
adj. 预先的;先行的;
💡 ab(from)+ance(before)→前进
"We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow."
我们担心接下来会马上向首都推进。
近义:volunteer, propose, propound, prepayment, retainer, improve
反义:involute, back, reappear, recede, retrocede, retrogress
n. 友情,友谊;友善的关系;友善,好意;
💡 friend朋友+ship名词后缀 →友谊
"He made a profession of friendship to his classmate Mary."
他向他的同学玛丽表白了他的友情.
近义:togetherness, unity, bonhomie, fraternizing, camaraderie, comradeliness
反义:antipathy, hostility, loathing, malice, opposition, aversion
adj. 单独的;独一无二的;独自的;
adv. 单独地;独自地;孤独地;只,只有;
💡 al(all)+one→单独的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
近义:isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反义:joint
vt. 带来,引来;促使,引起;提供;导致;
💡 白(b)戒指(ring) 带来了
"He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill."
他招手示意服务生把账单送过来。
近义:get
vt. 偿还;付还;报答;酬报;
vi. 偿还,补偿;
💡 re(回)+pay(付钱):付回来- 偿还 报答
"He didn't have the wherewithal to repay the loan."
他没有钱偿还贷款.
近义:award, please, recompense, remunerate, requite, reward
反义:impugn, inconvenience, injure, insult, irk, irritate
🏷 更多「Friendship」名言
"Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it."
— Cicero