Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 机会;适当的时机良机;有利的环境,条件;
💡 op=ob靠近 + portun=harbor港口+ ity 表名词 → 向港口靠近 →机会
"He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub."
他借机再次冷落我们.
近义:instance, occasion, case, episode, event, happening
反义:hindrance, hitch, knot, misadventure, mishap, obstacle
adv. 一次,一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次,一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义:heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
n. 诱惑,引诱;诱惑物;
💡 tempt尝试 + ation 名词后缀→ 诱惑,引诱
"Push against temptation and you will get muscle in your character."
如果你能抵制诱惑,你的性格就会坚强起来.
近义:inclination, luring, desire, enticement
n. 短促的敲打(声);爆震声;敲击声;敲门(或窗等)声;
vi. 猛烈敲击;与某物相撞;撞到了桌子;
vt. (心)怦怦跳;把…撞击成(某种状态);批评;
💡 敲打你“脑壳”(谐音)
"a knock on the door"
敲门
近义:hit, knuckle, pound, bat, beat, bonk