When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.
📚 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
n. 分，分钟;瞬间，片刻;备忘录;会议记录;
vt. 把…记录在案;为…测定时间;
💡 minut小+e → 一分钟； 微小的，细微的
"The vendors were gazundered at the last minute."
卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
近义：insignificant, little, miniscule, minuscule, petty, pokey
vt. 竞争，为…而奋争;辩驳;
vi. 争斗;竞争;争夺;
💡 con共同+test测试→共同测试→比赛，竞赛
"The match looks like being a David and Goliath contest."
比赛看上去像是一场力量悬殊的较量。
近义：argue, race, strive, vie, compete, contend
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
n. 末尾;最后;上个;鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 经受住;到…之后;够用;足够维持（尤指某段时间）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持续;
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在刚过去的七月，双方签订了和平条约。
近义：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
n. 机会，机遇;概率，可能性;偶然，运气;
v. 偶然发生;冒险;碰巧;偶然被发现;
adj. 意外的;偶然的;碰巧的;
💡 碰巧有 机会阐(chan)述我的计策(ce)
"I would do it if I had the chance."
如果我有机会的话，我也会那么做。
近义：hazard, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, risk, stake
反义：assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness
vt. 失去;错过;遗失;耽搁;
vi. 损失;输掉;走慢;降低价值;
💡 10(lo)个司仪(se) 遗失了
"It is easy for children to lose their self - esteem ."
孩子很容易失去 自尊.
近义：mislay, misplace, miss, waste
反义：prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome, conquer