In all our efforts to provide 'advantages' we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured, and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history.
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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
adv. 实际上;事实上;确实;竟;
💡 actual(真实的)+ly(副词后缀)→真实地;实际地
"What did she actually say?"
她到底是怎么说的?
近义:inclusively, just, authentically, properly, quite, real
adj. 竞争的,比赛的;(价格等)有竞争力的;(指人)好竞争的;[生化] 抑制酶作用的;
💡 compet=compete竞争+itive..的→有竞争力的
"Some kinds of business are competitive."
有些商业是要竞争的.
近义:vying, competitory, contending, emulous
n. 一代人;代(约30年),时代;生殖;产生;
💡 gener出生,产生 + ation 表示行为状态、过程 → n.一代,一代人;产生
"This book was handed down from generation to generation."
这本书世代相传.
近义:lifetime, period, season, time, chapter, age
n. 历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史;个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adv. 高度地;极,非常;非常赞许地;
"It is highly regrettable that the minister cannot be here in person."
很遗憾,部长不能亲自出席.
近义:loftily, most, vitally, jolly, damned, elevatedly
反义:incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly