TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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sometimes ['sʌmtaɪmz] 词频1 词根: sometime
adv. 有时，间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles 反义：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
totally ['totəli] 词频4
adv. 完全，整个地，全部地;百分之百;干净;
💡 tot合计 + ally ...地 → adv. 完全地
"She seemed totally absorbed in her book."
她好像完全被这本书迷住了。
近义：absolutely, off, outright, plumb, quite, roundly 反义：insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively
strong [strɔŋ] 词频1 词根: str-
adj. 强的;坚强的;强烈的;强壮的; adv. 强劲地;猛烈地;大大地;坚强地;
💡 音“死壮“，死壮死壮的像头牛。
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：heavy, hefty, husky, massive, mighty, muscular 反义：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
drink [drɪŋk] 词频1 词根: dr-
vt.& vi. 喝（酒）;饮;喝酒;（尤指）酗酒; vt. 吸收，吸入; n. 酒，饮料;酒宴;一杯或一份酒;
💡 准渴(谐音): 饮料 喝
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：take, guzzle, booze, touch, refreshment, beverage 反义：puke, regorge, regurgitate, barf, rolf, spew
tolerably
adv. 可容忍地, 差不多地, 相当地
近义：passably, acceptably, sufferably, bearably, admissibly, endurably 反义：insufferably, insupportably, unacceptably, unbearably, unendurably
teetotaler
n. 绝对戒酒者, 戒酒主义者
近义：nondrinker, abstainer, teetotalist, teetotaller, pussyfoot, enophobe 反义：dipsomaniac

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