The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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n. 愉快;娱乐;令人高兴的事;
vt. 使高兴;使满意;
vi. 觉得高兴,享受;寻欢作乐;
💡 pleas=please令人高兴的+ure名词后缀,表行为、状态 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐.
近义:please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反义:indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
n. [机]动力,功率;力量;政权,权力;强国,大国;
vt. 运转;用发动机发动;使…有力量;
vi. 靠动力行进;快速行进;
adj. 权力的;机械能的,电动的;用电力(或动力)发动的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在对这台引擎进行改装以增加它的功率.
近义:move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反义:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
💡 如果乱花 钱,家长会“骂你”(谐音)
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
近义:assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies
a. 服从的, 顺从的
近义:inactive, indifferent, obedient, obliging, obsequious, passive
反义:headstrong, indocile, troublemaking, uncompliant, ungovernable, unruly
n. 辅助性, 从属性, 有帮助, 有用, 奉承, 奴性, 谄媚
近义:helpfulness, profitableness, purposefulness, service, serviceability, serviceableness
ruined
[['ru:ind]]
a. 毁灭的, 没落的, 荒废的
近义:jumbled, ramshackle, battered, shattered, spoiled, spoilt
反义:safe, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired