UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
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n. 赠品,礼物;天赋;赠送;天资;
vt. 赋予;向…赠送;天赋权力(或才能等);授予;
💡 give(给予)+t(表示抽象名词的后缀)→赠与;礼物
"The watch was a gift from my mother."
这块表是母亲给我的礼物。
近义:present, treat, bestowal, giveaway, offering, charity
n. 谦逊,谦恭;谦让的行为;谦虚谨慎;
💡 hum土,地+ility状态→地的状态→谦让;低下
"Her first defeat was an early lesson in humility."
她的第一次失败使她很早便懂得了谦逊。
近义:humbleness, lowliness, meekness
反义:hubris, immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, arrogancy
adj. 某一;必然的;已确定的;
pron. [动词用复数]某些;
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
联邦法院有某种州法院所缺乏的特别的东西.
近义:some, inarguable, indisputable, indubitable, invariable, irrefragable
反义:neither, implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, avoidable
n. 美德;德行;价值;长处;
💡 我求”(谐音) 美德
"He was considered to be a paragon of virtue."
他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范.
近义:virtuousness
反义:disadvantage
n. 丑陋
近义:hideousness, plainness, unsightliness
反义:loveliness, niceness, preciousness, prettiness, pulchritude, sightliness