MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property.
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n. （上帝的）祝福;好事;福分;因祸得福;
v. 祝圣( bless的现在分词);称颂上帝;求神赐福于;（表示惊奇）;
💡 bless(祝福)+ing(表示抽象名词的后缀)→祝福；赐福
"to pray for God's blessing"
祈求上帝降福
近义：benediction, benison, boon, godsend
反义：jinxing, malediction
n. 有利条件;益处;优越（性）;处于支配地位;
vt. 有利于;有益于;促进;使处于有利地位;
vi. 得益，获利;
💡 advant前面+age表名词 →利益，好处
"Take advantage of low-season airfares."
利用淡季飞机票价。
近义：overtaking, surpassing, improve, avail, profit, benefit
反义：disfavor, waste, dilapidation, hindrance, inconvenience, demerit
n. 证词;证据;迹象;明显;
vt. 使明显;显示;表明;证实;
💡 e出+vid看+ence表名词→明显的证据→证据，证人
"You'd better give us as much factual evidence as possible."
你最好向我们尽可能多地提供事实证据.
近义：manifest, bare, show, state, represent, debunk
n. 文化;[生物学]（微生物等的）培养;修养;养殖;
vt. 培植，培养;
💡 cult耕种，培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义：incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反义：philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群;
adj. 上流社会的，社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会，社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反义：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
n. 特性，属性;财产，地产;[戏]道具;所有权;
💡 proper拥有+ty名词后缀 → 个人拥有的 → 财产；所有物；特性
"dishonest appropriation of property"
以欺骗的手法侵吞财产
近义：holdings, assets, means, ownership, patrimony, possessions