Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
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vt. 想,设想;想像;料想,猜想;误认为;
vi. 想象;猜想,推测;
💡 imag=image图像+ine...的→有关图像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在网球赛中,我竟被一位70高龄的老人击败,请想像一下我当时的惊愕状态.
近义:ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
pron. 没有人,无人;
n. 小人物,无足轻重的人;
💡 no无 +body 人→ pron.谁也不;无人
"Nobody can gainsay his claims."
没人能够反驳他的说法。
近义:none
adj. 通常的,常有的,常见的;平常的,普通的;平时的,平日的;一向的,老是那一套的;
💡 后缀:al 表示属于...的,具有...性质的,如...的
"The letter was written in her usual acerbic style."
这封信是用她惯常的尖刻语调写的。
近义:normal, ordinary, regular, rife, routine, standard
反义:infrequent, irregular, matchless, nonconforming, atypical, peculiar
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准(机械的)速度;拨准(钟、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期(付款)的;
int. [体育]时间到,(一场或一局等的)比赛时限,暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
Thursday
['θɝzdɪ]
n. 星期四,礼拜四,周四;[电影]惊爆星期四;
"There is a clash between two classes at 2 p.m. on Thursday."
星期四下午两点有两堂课是冲突的.
v. 系(tie的过去式和过去分词)
近义:strapped, tethered, bound, corded, fastened
反义:infirm, unattached, unfastened, unfixed, untied, waggly