If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
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adj. 繁荣的，兴旺的;富裕的;幸福的，运气好的;良好的;
💡 pro很多…+sper希望+ous形容词后缀→希望很多→兴旺的
"Suburbs sprawled out to provide homes for the newly prosperous."
市郊无规划地向外扩展以为新近富起来的人提供住房.
近义：moneyed, opulent, raising, rich, successful, thriving
反义：impecunious, indigent, landless, meager, miserly, needy
adj. 最重要的;主要的;资本的;本金的;
n. 首长，负责人;主要演员，主角;[法]委托人，当事人;本金;
💡 prin主要的+cip拿，抓，握住+al形容词后缀 → 主要的；首要的
"When he saw the principal, he raised his hand in salutation."
他看到校长时举手敬礼.
近义：head, headman, manager, boss, gaffer, chief
n. 差别，差异;[数]差数，差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别，区分;
💡 dif分开，否定，不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
vt.& vi. 挑选，挑拣;挖，采，摘，剔，扒;挑剔;
n. 选择;收获;精华;
💡 爱打扮的猪(pig)八戒， 采摘鲜花头上戴
"Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?"
今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗？
近义：select, choose, cull, elect, scavenge, scoop
vt.& vi. 咬;叮;
n. 咬;咬伤;疼痛;受骗;
vi. 刺痛;咬饵;有咬（或叮）的习性;（人）上当;
vt. （辣椒，胡椒等）刺激;（齿轮，螺丝，钳子，锚等）咬住;（利器等）刺进;（寒风等）刺骨;
abbr. 机内测试设备(Built-In Test Equipment);
💡 白人(bi)特意(te) 咬了我一口 网友：秦潇 补充：鄙人(bi)特意(te)咬了一口
"The car wheels would not bite because of the ice."
路上结冰,汽车轮子打滑.
近义：masticate, nibble, nip, champ, chaw, chew
反义：swallow
starving
[['stɑ:viŋ]]
a. 挨饿的；饥饿的
近义：hungry, malnourished, starved, starveling, underfed, undernourished