We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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n. 重力;万有引力,地心引力;重要性,严重性;严肃,庄重;
💡 grav重+ity名词后缀 → 庄重;地心吸力
"Newton's law of gravity"
牛顿万有引力定律
近义:ponderosity, seriousness, circumspection, gravitation, importance, severity
反义:skittishness, superficiality, trifling, triviality, lightness, flippancy
adv. 有时,间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义:occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反义:invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
adj. 势不可挡的,压倒一切的,巨大的;压倒一切的欢乐;
💡 over过度+whelm压倒+ing形容词后缀→ 势不可挡的,压倒的
"The evidence against him was overwhelming."
对他不利的证据确凿,无法抵赖。
近义:hectoring, appalling, oppressing, overburdening, overpowering, smashing
vt. 舔;<口>打败;
vt.& vi. 轻轻拍打;战胜;
n. 舔;一舐的量,少量;
💡 模仿 舔东西发出的声音 网友:yqy 补充:“立刻”:立刻舔;立刻(lick)发滴声(click);仿声词,“舔,(火焰或浪)掠过”都很快,“立可”
"I think we could lick the best teams there."
我想我们能打败那儿最好的队.
近义:relick, tongue, lap, licking
paperwork
['peipəwɜ:k]
n. 文书工作;纸上作业;
"We're trying to cut down on the amount of paperwork involved."
我们正在努力降低有关此事的文书工作量。