FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.
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n. 征服者,占领者;
💡 con共同+quer询问+or表示人→不停询问以证明胜利→征服者,胜利者
"William the Conqueror was the first Norman King of England."
征服者威廉是英格兰第一位诺曼人国王.
近义:vanquisher, victor, winner, conquerer, conquistador
反义:pushover, quitter, turkey, duffer, dud, failure
n. 巨大,广大;重大,重要;量级;(地震)级数;
💡 magn大+itude后缀,构成抽象名词 →重量
"We did not realize the magnitude of the problem."
我们没有意识到这个问题的重要性。
近义:largeness, size, bigness, extent, majesty, stateliness
反义:shortness, slightness, tininess, trifle, minuteness, diminutiveness
adj. 小的;难为情的;低级的,卑劣的;细微的,微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 细小部分,腰部;琐碎东西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
近义:little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
n. 商业,交易;生意;事务,业务;职业,行业;
💡 在公共汽车(bus)里面(in)一只鹅(e)和两条蛇(ss)正在做 生意
"The availability of cheap long - term credit would help small business."
低利息的 长期 贷款对小型企业会有帮助.
近义:negotiation, trade, trading, traffic, biz, commerce
反义:individual
vt. 缺乏,缺少;需要的东西;
n. 缺乏,不足,没有;缺少的东西;
💡 辣味(la)公鸡(ck)很 缺乏
"Her brain was befogged by lack of sleep."
她因缺乏睡眠而头脑昏沉。
近义:necessitate, need, require, want, inadequacy, inefficiency
反义:lavishness, lot, luxuriance, luxuriancy, overabundance, plentifulness
n. 价值,优点;[宗教](行善得到的)功德;功绩,功勋;荣誉;
vt. 值得,应获得;[宗教](因行善而)应得(善报);
vi. 值得,应得;[宗教]积德;
💡 mer(merry)+it(它):有 优点,才能娶它 网友:yqy 补充:与very对比:m-v,y-i。只有非常好的才是优点;源自merry欢乐的,快乐就是人
"Some of the proposals have merit."
其中有些建议值得考虑。
近义:incur, justify, occasion, deserve, worth, worthiness
反义:disadvantage