LITIGATION, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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n. 机器,机械;机械般的人;核心;
vt. 用机器制造,用机器加工;
vi. 被机器切削;
💡 mach机器+ine表名词 → 机器
"I called several times, but only got the answering machine."
我打了几次电话,但只有电话答录机答话。
近义:system, setup, engine, machinery, hardware, lathe
litigation
[ˌliti'geiʃən]
n. <律>打官司;诉讼;
"The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year."
那家公司与前任审计员已打了整整一年的官司。
近义:lawsuit, proceeding, suit, trial, dispute
反义:indenture, arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁);
int. 嗨!;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
n. 香肠,腊肠;〈口〉德国人;
💡 缩细制(谐音):成 香肠 各种调味品(sauce)组合(age)而成 香肠
"A kilogram of garlic sausage, please."
请给我一千克蒜肠.
近义:banger, boloney, baloney, frankfurter