No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
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n. 公司，商号;作伴，伴侣，客人;连队，中队;（社交）集会，聚会;
💡 com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名词后缀)→交谊；伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
近义：institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 更好的，更可取的;略胜一筹的;
💡 prefer先拿来=更喜欢+able…的 → 更好的
"Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home."
什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。
近义：preferential, preferred, preferring, superior, best, better
反义：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 传染;使…有病;
💡 dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
近义：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反义：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. 有传染性的;传染病的;有感染力的;会蔓延的;
💡 con共同+tag接触+ious...的→传染的
"Scarlet fever is highly contagious."
猩红热的接触传染性很强。
近义：infectious, taking, catching, catchy
vt. 赶上;接住;引起;看见;
vt.& vi. （使）被钩住，（使）被卡住;
n. 抓;隐情;捕获量;挂钩;
vi. 锁住;着火;[棒球]当接球手;
adj. 迷惑人的;令人容易上当的;引人注目的;令人感兴趣的;
💡 猫(cat) 捉住老鼠吃(ch)
"She managed to catch the keys as they fell."
她接住了落下的钥匙。
近义：hook, apprehend, arrest, nab, seize, snag
反义：unhand, release, unlock, free, loosen, uncouple
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