What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
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adj. 悲惨的;令人痛苦的;太少的;卑鄙的;
💡 miser可怜+able...的 → 可怜的
"The final two months were a miserable coda to the President's first period in office."
总统首届任期的最后两个月非常糟糕。
近义:unfortunate, wretch, lamentable, luckless, pitiful, ragged
反义:jammy, lucky, privileged, successful, happy
n. 桩;一堆;绒头;摞;
vt. 堆起;堆叠;放置;装入;
vi. 蜂拥,拥挤;
💡 pil- 表”收集”
"Collect the books and put them in a pile on my desk."
把书收起来放在我的桌子上.
近义:heap, hill, rick, stack, mount, tot
反义:scatter, spread, diffuse, dispel, disseminate, dissipate
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地;
n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间;
det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital