FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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destitute ['dɛstə'tʊt] 词频5 词根: stit
adj. 极度缺乏的;贫乏的;穷困的;无的; n. 赤贫者; vt. 使穷困，使贫穷;夺去，使丧失;
💡 de没有，否定+stitute=place放→没有放→缺乏的；贫穷的
"When he died, his family was left completely destitute."
他死时家里一贫如洗。
近义：shear, spoliate, strip, bereave, deprive, despoil 反义：moneyed, monied, propertied, prosperous, rich, thriving
fortune ['fɔrtʃən] 词频1
n. （某人的）命运;富有;幸运;[常作复数]（人生事件中的）时运; vt. 给予财富; vi. 偶然发生;
💡 fortun=luck运+e表名词 → 运气，命运
"He amassed a fortune from silver mining."
他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
近义：hazard, luck, accident, cess, chance, dace 反义：jinx, misadventure, mischance, miserableness, misery, mishap
truth [trʊθ] 词频1
n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
sense [sɛns] 词频1 词根: 感觉
n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力; vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
bestow [bɪ'sto] 词频2
vt. 赠给，授予;放置，安置，贮藏;〈口〉给…提供住宿，让…留宿;
"I bestow my own attributes over liberally on him."
我把自己的特性慷慨地施与他了.
近义：impart, offer, award, present, proffer, promise
addicted [ə'diktid] 词根: 说
adj. 上瘾的;沉迷于某种嗜好的; vt. 使…上瘾(addict的过去分词);
"He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17."
他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾.
近义：devoted

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"TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally."
"NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition."
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