It is amusing that a virtue is made of the vice of chastity; and it's a pretty odd sort of chastity at that, which leads men straight into the sin of Onan, and girls to the waning of their color.
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n. 分类,类别;品质,本性;方法;一群;
vt.& vi. 分类;整顿,整理;适合;
vt. 挑选;把…分类;将…排顺序;
vi. 分类;交往;协调;
💡 sort(kind)→种类;分类;整理;拣选
"You can't see in this light, but my new coat is a sort of brownish colour."
这种光线下你看不清楚,其实我的新外衣带棕色。
近义:arrange, order, organise, organize, pigeonhole, range
反义:jumble, mess, muss, shuffle, tousle, upset
adj. 直的;连续的;直率的;整齐的;
adv. 直地;直接地;坦率地;立即;
n. 直线;直线部分;
💡 straight(draw tight)→直立的;正直的;直线;直接地;坦白地
"This dessert can be served straight from the fridge."
这种甜食从冰箱里拿出来就可以吃。
近义:raised, rigid, standing, upright, erect, honest
反义:matted, ruffled, screwed, skewed, tangly, twisty
a. 有趣的, 引人发笑的
近义:jocular, pleasant, pleasurable, recreative, waggish, winsome
反义:humdrum, insipid, insufferable, irksome, irritating, lethal
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
adj. …制的;(人工)做成的,拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义:manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
n. 恶习;不道德行为;(肉体的)缺陷,疾病;(文体等的)缺点,瑕疵;
prep. 代替;取代;
adj. 副的;代替的;
vt. 用老虎钳夹紧;钳制;
💡 六(vi)个嫦娥(ce)有缺点,所以只能担任 副的职务 网友:yqy 补充:nice-vice;从voice就可以看出他的vice;一字之差,美好变邪恶
"Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Burns"
空军少将安德鲁∙伯恩斯
近义:vise, clamp, immorality, peccancy, shortcoming, turpitude
反义:virtuousness