Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving.
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n. 宴会,盛宴;筵席;宴请,款待;
vt. 宴请,设宴招待;饮宴,参加宴会;
vi. 参加宴会;
💡 banqu+et(表示缩小的名词后缀)→酒宴
"The banquet is being held in an atmosphere of friendship and cordiality."
宴会在热情友好的气氛中进行着.
近义:feast, spread, treat, blowout, beanfeast, beanfest
n. 生活,生计;生命,性命;一生,寿命;人生,尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义:being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
adj. 贫穷的,贫乏的;令人怜悯的,可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 贫困者,穷人;
💡 穿破(po)衣服的人(or),是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义:indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反义:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
starving
[['stɑ:viŋ]]
a. 挨饿的;饥饿的
近义:hungry, malnourished, starved, starveling, underfed, undernourished