We are just tenants on this world. We have just been given a new lease, and a warning from the landlord.
— Arthur C. Clarke  ·  No category

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warning ['wɔrnɪŋ] 词频4
n. 警告;征候，预兆;前车之鉴; adj. 警告的;告诫的;引以为戒的; v. 警告( warn的现在分词);提醒;告诫;预先通知;
💡 warn警告+ing名词后缀 → 警告
"a coded warning of a bomb at the airport"
告知机场有炸弹的密码警报
近义：notice, notification, prevention, word, caution, cautioning
landlord ['lændlɔrd] 词频2
n. 房东，地主;店主;
💡 land土地+lord主 → 地主
"The landlord had let the building fall into decay ."
房东不管，房子已经破烂不堪。
近义：hirer, innkeeper, lessor, proprietor, renter, hosteler 反义：hirer, inmate, leaseholder, lessee, lessor, lodger
world [wɝld] 词频1
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
given ['ɡɪvn] 词频1
adj. 指定的，确定的;假设的，假定的;有…倾向的;赠送的; prep. （表示原因）考虑到;（表示假设）倘若，假定; n. 假设; v. 给予，赠送( give的过去分词);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义：particular 反义：indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague
lease [li:s] 词频3 词根: /li:/
n. 租约;租契;租赁物;租赁权; vt. 出租;租借;
💡 立誓(谐音):立下誓言- 租约 用棍子(l)减轻(ease) 租约 协议 网友：yqy 补充：I（我）＋ ease(v /n 安心), 我有了租约就会安心－－靠
"to take out a lease on a house"
办理房屋租约
近义：let, rent, tenant, hiring, leasehold, leasing 反义：vacate, ouster, ousting, voidance, dislodgement, dislodging
tenants
n. 房客( tenant的名词复数 ); 佃户; <律>占用者; 占有者

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"Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor - but they have few followers now."
"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."
"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert."
"New ideas pass through three periods: - It can't be done. - It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. - I knew it was a good idea all along!"
"If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative."
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