Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 赞扬，称赞;崇拜;赞词;
v. 赞扬，赞美;歌颂;崇拜;
💡 prais价值，评价+e→称其有很高价值，给以很高评价→称赞，赞美，赞扬，颂扬
"He referred to your work in terms of high praise."
他对你的工作大加赞扬.
近义：apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify
反义：attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
n. 开始;根源;原始思想;前兆;
v. 开始( begin的现在分词);
💡 beginn=begin开始+ing表名词→开始，开端；起源
"From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked."
从头到尾他的行为既卑鄙又可恶.
近义：inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, leadoff, nascence
反义：outcome, pause, result, stop, suspension, termination
adj. 令人愉快的，惬意的;有礼貌的;同意的，接受的;适合的，一致的;
💡 agree同意+able形容词后缀→愉快的；适意的
"We spent a most agreeable day together."
我们在一起度过了非常愉快的一天。
近义：likeable, assenting, nice, personable, pleasant, pleasing
反义：antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly
vt.& vi. 收到;接到;接纳;接待;
vt. 接收;受理;欢迎;承受;
vi. 接到，获得;接见，欢迎;[电子学] 接收;[橄榄球] 接球;
💡 re一再，重新+ceive抓→全部→发觉→接受；收到
"It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's study."
学习得到好评是令人鼓舞的.
近义：get, welcome, greet, accept, take, inherit
反义：mail, remit, ship, transfer, issue, consign
n. 债务;负债情况;义务;罪，过失;
💡 deb, du =owe (欠债)
"Bad housing is interconnected with debt and poverty."
住房条件差与负债以及贫困相关联。
近义：indebtedness, indebtment, liabilities, liability, obligation, obligement
反义：outlay, pay, paying, payoff, retribution, defrayal
vt. 敲诈;曲解;
💡 ex出+tort扭转→强扭出来→强夺
"The police used torture to extort a confession from him."
警察对他用刑逼供.
近义：plagiarize, racketeer, blackmail