Don't spend $2 to dry clean a shirt. Instead, donate it to the Salvation Army. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. The next morning buy it back for seventy- five cents.
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vt.& vi. 用钱,花钱;
vt. 花费;消耗;花(时间);度过;
n. (为某目的或某段时间内的)花销,花费,开销;
💡 s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花费;耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义:outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反义:husband, keep, maintain, conserve
vt.& vi. (尤指向慈善机构)捐赠;献(血);捐(血);捐献(器官);
n. 捐赠;捐献;
💡 don给予+ate使→给出去 → 捐赠
"They used to donate large sum of money to the Red Cross every year."
他们过去每年都向红十字会捐献大笔的钱.
近义:present, bestow, concede, give, grant, hand
反义:impound, seize, sequester, sequestrate, commandeer, confiscate
n. 拯救,救助;救星,救世主;解救办法,救济措施;救济品;
💡 salv救助+ation表名词 → 救济,救助
"to pray for the salvation of the world"
为世人得救而祷告
近义:redemption, restoration, revindication, deliverance
反义:karma, lot, predestination, ruin, ruination, wreck
n. 军队;陆军;团体;野战军;
💡 arm 武器
"The police had backup from the army."
警方得到了军方的增援。
近义:legion, levy, military, militia, posse, battalion
n. 七十;从七十到七十九的数目、年数或温度;
💡 seven七+ty十 →七十
"This is an article that is retailed at seventy pence."
这是一件零售价格为70便士的物品.
adj. 清洁的;整齐的;新的;正派的;
vt.& vi. (使)清洁;变干净;除去…的灰尘;使…干净;
vi. 清扫;
adv. 完全地,彻底地;
n. 打扫;
💡 玻璃很clean(干净),可以看到天空很clear(睛朗)
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整洁体面的典型美国男孩
近义:lather, lave, mop, rinse, rub, scour
反义:maculate, muddy, attaint, smear, smirch, smooch