ECONOMY, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

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economy [ɪ'kɑnəmi] 词频2 词根: nom
n. 节约;经济;理财;秩序;
💡 eco环境;经济+nomy学术领域 → 经济(学)
"The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy."
內战加剧了经济领域的离心倾向.
近义:saving, sparingness, thrift 反义:loss, misuse, spoilage, squandering, thriftlessness, wastage
barrel ['bærəl] 词频2 词根: bar
n. 桶;一桶之量;圆筒,活塞筒,滚筒;圆筒; adj. 桶状的; vt. 装进桶里,放进桶里; vi. 高速行驶;
💡 bar 木棒,障碍#词根助记:bar木条,桶是用木条做成的
"a barrel bound with iron hoops"
用铁箍箍紧的桶
近义:cask, hogshead, keg, puncheon, tun, drum
afford [ə'fɔrd] 词频1
vt. 买得起;担负得起;提供;给予;
💡 af一再+ford拿出→一再拿出→买得起
"Can we afford a new car?"
我们买得起一辆新车吗?
近义:minister, offer, award, present, procure, proffer 反义:limit, narrow, prohibit, qualify, reduce, restrain
price [praɪs] 词频1 词根: 价值
n. 价格,价钱;代价;价值;赏金; vt. 标价;定价;问…的价格;给…定价;
💡 平(p) 价大米(rice)不贵
"This pass enables me to travel half - price on trains."
我用这张通行证可以半价乘火车.
近义:appraise, appreciate, assess, quote, rate, value
cannot ['kænɔt] 词频1
=can not;未可;不能;不可;
"You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent."
你不付房租就不能永远住在这里。
whiskey [['wiski]] 词频4
n. 威士忌酒\\na. 威士忌酒的
近义:whisky, bourbon

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