QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another -- usually about as many times as it can be got there.
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n. 数字;数量;号码;编号;
v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
n. 人;（语法）人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adv. 通常，经常，平常，惯常地;一直，向来;动不动，一般;素;
💡 usual通常的+ly副词后缀→通常地，惯常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
quotient
['kwəuʃənt]
n. 商，商数;
"The quotient simply becomes arbitrarily large as h goes to 0."
商,当h趋近0时,只是任意增大.
近义：ratio
showing
['ʃəuiŋ]
n. （电影、电视节目等的）展映;放映;（在某事件中或某一期间的）表现;表演;
v. 给…看( show的现在分词 );表现出;显露出;上演;
"This will be the film's first showing on the small screen."
这将是这部电影首次在电视上播放。
近义：appearance, appearing, approaching, arrival, presentation, oncome
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
💡 如果乱花 钱，家长会“骂你”（谐音）
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
近义：assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies