When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
— P. J. O'Rourke  ·  No category

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legislation [,lɛdʒɪs'leʃən] 词频2 词根: leg
n. 立法，制定法律;法律，法规;
💡 legis法律+lat=late使之成...+ion名词后缀 → 使之成法律 → 立法
"The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation."
新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律.
近义：regulations, rules, rulings, constitution
first [fɝst] 词频1
n. 第一，最初;头等;一号，;[乐]高音部; adv. 最早，最初;首次;宁愿;优先; adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的; num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary 反义：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost
sold [[səuld]] 词频1
sell的过去式和过去分词
近义：persuaded, convinced
bought [bɔt] 词频1
v. 购买，购得( buy的过去式和过去分词 );做出牺牲以获得;够支付;买通;
"He bought extra food in anticipation of more people coming than he'd invited."
他预料来的客人会比邀请的多，就多买了食物。
buying
[经] 买气; 买进
近义：purchasing, acquiring, acquisitive
selling
a. 卖的, 销路好的, 出售的\\n[经] 卖盘, 出售, 销路好
近义：sale, vendition 反义：attainment, procurance, procuration, procurement, purchase, acquirement

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"Skiing consists of wearing $3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar and drink."
"There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause."
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