The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.
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n. 试验;考验;测验;化验;
vt. 测验;考查;考验;勘探;
vi. 受试验;受测验;受考验;测得结果;
💡 test =test,tuitness,表示”测试,证据”
"I completed the test within the time allotted ."
我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
近义:inspect, investigate, assay, overhaul, probe, sample
反义:invent, noodle, vamp, adlib, extemporise, extemporize
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;(向更高方向)增长;
v. (使)进步,(使)进行;发展;促进;
vi. 发展;(向更高方向)增进;
💡 pro向前,在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义:improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate
反义:pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
n. 丰富,充裕;大量,极多;盈余;丰度;
💡 abund=abundant+ance表名词→丰富,富裕
"At the feast there was food and drink in abundance."
宴会上有丰富的饮食.
近义:lavishness, lot, luxuriance, luxuriancy, overabundance, plentifulness
反义:inadequacy, insufficiency, absence, lack, meagerness, need
vt.& vi. 提供,供给,供应;
vt. 规定;提供(+for);装备;预备;
vi. 抚养,赡养(+for);做准备;预约(for 或 against);
💡 pro提前+vid看+e→提前看好→预备;提供
"We flatter ourselves that we provide the best service in town."
我们相信我们提供的服务在本市最好.
近义:minister, procure, provision, purvey, stock, supply
pron. 其中的哪一个;
n. 可能的选择;
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"I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not."
我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
近义:if
adv. 足够地,充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足够的;
n. 充分,足够;满足;
int. 够了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金 呢 ?
近义:sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反义:inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying