Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.
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vt. 崇拜,尊崇;爱慕;
vi. 做礼拜;热爱;爱慕;崇拜(尤指达到看不到缺点的地步);
n. (对治安官或市长的尊称)阁下;尊敬;崇拜;礼拜;
💡 wor+ship(表示抽象名词的后缀)→崇拜;崇敬
"They fell prostrate in worship."
他们拜倒在地。
近义:idolize, love, revere, venerate, adore, enshrine
反义:defile, desecrate
adj. 必要的;强制的;必然的;不可避免的;
n. 必需品;
💡 necess必要 + ary 表示有...性质的, → a.必要的;必然的
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义:indispensable, inevitable, mandatory, needful, obligatory, obliged
反义:needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
adv. 离开,远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方;离去;不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义:abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 面纱;掩饰;覆盖物;托词;
vt. 用面纱遮盖;掩饰;用帷幕分隔;隐匿;
💡 veil=cover盖上→面纱,借口
"Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy."
他们的工作是在秘密掩护下进行的。
近义:hide, mask, shade, shroud, sleek, cloak
n. 错觉;幻想;错误观念;假象;
💡 il使…成为,进入+lus玩弄+ion名词后缀→被幻觉玩弄→幻觉
"The sun appears to go round the Earth, but it's an illusion."
太阳看起来好像绕着地球转, 但这只是个错觉.
近义:mirage, absurdity, reverie, daydream, deceit, deceitfulness
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工厂;行为,事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam