We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 失败,不及格;缺乏,不足;破产,倒闭;失败的事,失败者;
💡 fail犯错误,欺骗+ure名词后缀→错误状态→失败
"The Prime Minister expressed her regret at the failure of the talks."
首相对谈判失败表示遗憾.
近义:impairment, malfunction, breakdown, diddly, damage, turkey
反义:hit, arrival, success, trump, vanquishing, victory
vt. 原谅;为…申辩;免除,宽免;给…免去;
n. 借口,托辞;道歉,歉意;辩解;请假条;
vi. 作为借口;请示宽恕;表示宽恕;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"Late again! What's your excuse this time?"
又迟到了!你这次有什么借口?
近义:indulgence, absolve, pardon, redress, release, remit
反义:impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict
adj. 单一的;(打斗、比赛等)一对一的;惟一的;适于一人的;
n. 单程票;(旅馆等的)单人房间;[复数](高尔夫球一对一的)二人对抗赛;[常用复数][美国、加拿大英语]未婚(或单身)男子(或女子);
vt. 挑选;
vi. 作一垒手;
💡 sing(唱歌)+le(乐):唱乐- 单身汉 网友:马 胜 敏 补充:1::练习这首歌(sing)时,单个的人是无法练习的,只有两个人配合好了(le)才能唱出效
"She had a brainstorm in the exam and didn't answer a single question."
她考试时脑子里突然一片混乱,一个题也没答。
近义:individualize, personalise, personalize, singularize, distinguish, bachelor
反义:manifold, multiplex, wedded
n. 四十;四十几;
adj. 四十的;
"With the chill factor, it's nearly minus forty here."
加上风寒指数, 气温接近零下40度.
n. 百万;
adj. 百万的;无数的;
💡 百万米(mi)再加一(l)粒(li)在上面(on) “密零”(谐音)(一百万就是1后面有密密麻麻的零)
"The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds."
这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。